LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 
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reous discal spots, one on each side of the first patch ; first spot 
elongated, oblique; second nearly round. Length of the body 
3 lines; of the wings 7 lines. 
a. Ceylon. From M. Nietner’s collection. 
Australia. 
3. Prays caste lla. 
Foem. Alba; tarsi nigricantes , albo fasciati ; alee anticce vix 
a.cutce , vittis duabus ceneis , plagis quatuor discalibus e atomis 
nigris ; posticce cenece, fimbria albida. 
Female . White. Head with erect hairs on the vertex. Palpi 
slender, obliquely ascending, much shorter than the breadth of the 
head. Tarsi blackish, with white bands. Fore wings hardly acute, 
with two irregular aeneous stripes, one costal, the other along the 
interior border; some black speckles, most of which form four 
patches ; two of these are contiguous to the costal stripe and two to 
the hind stripe. Hind wings aeneous ; fringe whitish, shining. 
Length of the body 3^ lines; of the wings 9 lines. 
a, b. Moreton Bay. From Mr. Biggies’ collection. 
Genus 8. AZINIS. 
Mas. Corpus robustum, laeve. Proboscis brevis. Palpi laeves, 
arcuati, oblique ascendentes, verticem paullo superantes; articulus 
3us lanceolatus, 2o vix brevior. Antennae glabrae. Abdomen alas 
posticas paullo superans ; fasciculus apicalis subquadratus. Pedes 
laeves, robusti; tibiae posticae fitnbriatae. Alae spissae, elongatae ; 
anticae apice subrotundatae, costa vix convexa, margine exteriore 
vix obliquo. 
Male. Body stout, smooth. Proboscis short. Palpi smooth, 
curved, obliquely ascending, rising a little higher than the venex ; 
third joint lanceolate, almost as long as the second. Antennae bare. 
Abdomen extending a little beyond the hind wings ; apical tuft sub- 
quadrate. Legs stout, smooth ; hind tibiae with a short thick fringe ; 
spurs very long. Wings robust, elongate. Fore wings slightly 
rounded at the tips ; costa and exterior border very slightly convex, 
the latter very slightly oblique. 
This genus is very closely allied to Hyponomeuta. 
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