LEPIDOPTERA ELETEROCERA. 
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posticas non superans; fasciculus apicalis parvus. Pedes laeves, 
longi, validi ; tibiae posticae calcaribus quatuor longis. Alae anticae 
elongatae, amplae, vix falcatae, margine exteriore subcouvexo sat 
obliquo. 
Male. Body rather slender. Proboscis distinct. Palpi por- 
rect, lanceolate, nearly twice longer than the breadth of the head ; 
third joint full as long as the second. Antennae smooth, slender. 
Abdomen not extending beyond the hind wings ; apical tuft small. 
Legs smooth, long, stout; hind tibiae with four long spurs, one of 
each pair much longer than the other. Wings elongate, ample. 
Fore wings hardly falcate ; costa straight ; exterior border slightly 
convex, rather oblique. 
1. Oryba flaviplaga. 
Mas. Rosea ; alee anticae purpurascente-rosece, plaga subcostali 
Jlava rufo marginata , linea obliqua subrecta nigra , plaga sub - 
tus diffusa nigricante . 
Male. Rosy, mostly yellowish cinereous beneath. Abdomen 
yellowish cinereous. Fore wings purplish rosy, with a yellow red- 
bordered subcostal patch, and with a nearly straight black line, 
which extends from near the base of the subcostal vein to the inte- 
rior angle; underside with a diffuse blackish patch beyond the yel- 
low patch. Hind wings pale cinereous along the interior border. 
Length of the body 7 lines; of the wings 20 lines. 
a. North Hindostan. From Mr. Stevens’ collection. 
Genus 16. MURGISCA. 
Fcem. Corpus laeve, crassum. Proboscis conspicua. Palpi 
longi, porrecti, disjuncti, subdecumbentes, articulo 3o conico. An- 
tennae glabra?. Abdomen alas posticas non superans. Pedes validi, 
laeves; tibiae posticae quadricalcaratae. Alae elongatae, latiusculae; 
anticae subfalcatae, costa recta, margine exteriore convexo. 
Female. Body smooth, very stout. Proboscis distinct. Palpi 
porrect, pubescent, slightly inclined downward, remote from each 
other, much longer than the breadth of the head; third joint coni- 
cal, not more than one-fourth of the length of the second. An- 
tennae smooth. Abdomen tapering towards the tip, not extending 
beyond the hind wings. Legs stout, smooth ; hind tibiae with four 
moderately long spurs. Wings elongate, rather broad. Fore 
wings subfalcate; costa straight; exterior border convex, very 
slightly oblique. 
