LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 
525 
Male. White. Palpi extending rather beyond the head ; 
third joint elongate-conical, less than half the length of the second. 
Thorax without erect hairs. Abdomen cinereous, not tufted, ex- 
tending much beyond the hind wings; apical tuft short, quadrate. 
Tibise with moderately long spurs. Fore wings rather narrow ; 
exterior border very oblique. Length of the body 6 lines ; of the 
wings 16 lines. 
a — c. Shanghai. From the Entomological Society’s collection. 
Genus 41. SALAPOLA. 
Mas. Corpus sat robustum. Proboscis longa. Palpi ascend- 
entes, brevissitni. Antennae subsetulos®. Pectus fasciculatum. 
Abdomen alas posticas paullo superans, subtus dense lanuginosum. 
Pedes laeves, sat validi; calcaria parva. Alae antic® lata?, subacut®, 
costa basi subdilatata, disco subtus fasciculato ; postic® disco antico 
fasciculato. 
Male. Body rather stout. Proboscis long. Palpi ascending, 
very short. Antenn® minutely settilose. Pectus tufted. Abdomen 
extending a little beyond the hind wings, densely lanuginous 
beneath; apical valves large. Legs smooth, rather stout; spurs 
short. Wings broad. Fore wings slightly acute, with a large 
woolly tuft in the disk on the under side; costa hardly convex, 
slightly dilated towards the base; exterior border slightly convex, 
very oblique ; discal areolet and superior veins irregularly formed ; 
fourth inferior vein very remote from the others, descending 
abruptly to the interior border. Hind wings with a tuft on the 
fore part of the disk. 
1. Salapola argentea. 
Mas. Argenteo-alba ; thorax fuscescente-cinereus ; abdomen vix 
flavescens ; alee anticce fasciculo subtus nigro ; posticce fasciculo 
testaceo . 
Male. Silvery white. Thorax pale brownish cinereous. Abdo- 
men with a very slight yellowish tinge. Fore wings with a black 
curled discal tuft on the under side. Hind wings with a woolly 
testaceous tuft above, corresponding to an ochraceous patch on the 
underr side. Length of the body 7 lines ; of the wings 18 lines. 
a. Bio Janeiro. From Mr. Stevens’ collection. 
