JLEPJLDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 
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ward. Hind wings gilded yellow, brown-bordered, brown towards 
the tips and about the adjoining part, of the costa, and along the 
exterior part of the interior border. Length of the body 7 lines ; of 
the wings 20 lines. 
Silhet. In Mr. Saunders’ collection. 
Genus 20. ORATHA. 
Fcem. Corpus sat gracile. Fasciculus frontalis productus, 
acutus. Proboscis conspicua. Palpi porrecti, lanceolati, sub- 
arcuati, dense fimbriati, sat graciles, capitis latitudine longiores ; 
articulus 3us 2i dimidio brevior. Abdomen alas posticas non 
superans, fasciculo erecto penicillato munitum. Pedes longi, gra- 
ciles. Alse anticae longae, arnplae, acutae, costa basi convexa, mar- 
gine exteriore subflexo. 
Female . Body rather {slender. Frontal tuft acute, very pro- 
minent. Proboscis moderately long and stout. Palpi porrect, 
lanceolate, slightly curved, thickly fringed, rather slender, longer 
than the breadth of the head ; third joint lanceolate, less than half 
the length of the second. Antennas smooth, slender. Abdomen 
not extending beyond the hind wings, with an erect penicillate tuft 
on the third segment. Legs long, smooth, slender ; hind tibiae with 
four moderately long spurs. Wings elongate, ample. Fore wings 
acute ; costa straight, convex and dilated towards the base; exterior 
border slightly bent, very oblique hindward. 
1. Oratha significata. 
Fcem. Cinerea ; thorax fascia antica atomisque nigris ; alee gutia 
discali nigricante ; anticce nigro subconspersce , rufo subtinctce , 
cano varice , vitta discali cervina nigro bilineata , punctis mar - 
ginalibus nigris ; posticce linea marginali nigricante . 
Female . Cinereous. Thorax black-speckled, with a black 
band in front. Wings with a diffuse blackish discal dot. Fore 
wings thinly black-speckled, slightly tinged with red, partly hoary, 
with an irregular fawn-coloured discal stripe which contains two 
black lines, and is concisely bordered hindward with hoary, the lat- 
ter hue also limiting the two black lines ; marginal points black. 
Hind wings with a blackish marginal line. Length of the body 7 
lines ; of the wings 20 lines. 
a. Chili. From Mr. Cuming’s collection. 
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