LEPIDOPTEBA HETEROCERA. 
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the thorax; third joint as long as the second. Antennae rather 
short. Abdomen extending a little beyond the hind wings. Legs 
smooth, rather short; hind tibiae with four long spurs. Wings 
stout, rather broad. Fore wings slightly rounded at the tips; 
costa slightly convex towards the base; exterior border slightly 
convex, hardly oblique. 
1. Characoma albulalis. 
Fcem. Cinerea, subtus fusca ; thorax fusco fasciat.us ; abdomen 
ceneo-cinereum ; alee anticce albido et cervino varice , lineis 
quatnor nigricantibus dentatis albo marginatis , striga brevi 
lata nigricante, punctis marginalibus nigris ; posticee fuscce, 
fimbria cinerea . 
Female. Cinereous, brown beneath. Thorax with a brown 
band in front. Abdomen with an aeneous tinge. Fore wings partly 
whitish, partly tinged with fawn-colour ; four irregular transverse 
dentate blackish lines, mostly white- bordered ; a short broad blackish 
streak in the disk between the second and third lines ; marginal 
points black. Hind wings brown; fringe cinereous. Length of 
the body 4 i lines ; of the wings 12 lines. 
Sarawak, Borneo. In Mr. Saunders’ collection. 
Genus 53. SALMA. 
Fcem. Corpus sat robustum. Vertex fasciculo brevi erecto. 
Palpi squamosi, suberecti, sat graciles, verticem paullo superantes; 
articulus 2us linearis; 3us minimus. Antennae sat valid®. Abdo- 
men alas posticas paullo superans. Pedes squamosi, robusti. Alae 
antic® elongatae, latiusculae, apice subrotundatae. 
Female. Body rather stout. Vertex with a short erect tuft. 
Palpi squamous, nearly erect, rather slender, rising a little higher 
than the vertex; second joint linear; third conical, very minute. 
Antennae rather stout. Abdomen extending a little beyond the 
hind wings. Legs squamous, stout. Wings elongate, rather broad. 
Fore wings slightly rounded at the tips. 
1. Salma recurvalis. 
Fcem. Cana; proboscis ferruginea, basi cana squamosa; alee 
anticce nigro viridique conspersce , spatio exteriore ceneo-fusco, 
puncto discali nigro , lineis duabus fuscis angulosis , 2a valde 
fiexa ; posticee apud marginem exterior em fuscescentes. 
