LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 
829 
Antenn® simplices, breviuscul®. Pedes graciles, glabri. Al® bre- 
vuiscul®, sat angust®, lituris paucis a«t nullis; antic® acuta, mar- 
giue exteriore perobliquo ; poslic® semihyalin®. Mas. — Abdomen 
alas posticas paullo superans ; fasciculus apicalis longus, sub- 
compressus. ° 
Male and female. Size small. Body slender. Proboscis 
moderate. Palpi porrect, compressed, somewhat rostriform ; third 
jornt elongate-conical, less than half the length of the second. 
Maxillary palpi distinct. Antenn® simple, rather short. Le^s 
s mooth, slender; spurs long-. Wings rather short and narrow, 
with tew or no markings. Fore wings acute ; exterior border very 
ob ique. Hind wings semihyaline. Male. — Abdomen extending 
pressed bey ° nd the hllld wings > a P icai tuft lon g> slightly com- 
Type, D. ccelatalis. 
The three following species may form as many genera. 
1. DoSARA CCELATALIS. 
Mas et fee til . Pallide ochracea, subtus alba; alee anticce guttis 
duabus dtscalibus nigricantibus, postica interiore, linea exte- 
nore obliqua denticulata nigricante inlus diffusa extus con- 
cisa albo marginata, punclis marginalibus nigris, fimbria 
albido-cinerea ; posticte alba, semihyalince, margine exteriore 
cmereo. 
Male and female. Pale ochraceous, white beneath. Fore 
wings with two blackish discal dots ; the hind one much nearer the 
base than the fore one ; a blackish oblique denticulated exterior 
line, diftuse on the inner side, concise and bordered with white on 
the outer side ; marginal points black, distinct; fringe whitish cine- 
reous. Hind wings white, semihyaline, cinereous along the exterior 
border. Length of the body 3— lines ; of the wings 6 — 7 lines. 
a—d. Ceylon. From Mr. Stevens’ collection. 
2. Dosara lapsalis. 
Foem. Pallide cervina , subtus albula ; palpi subincumbentes sub- 
angulati ; antenna sat longa ; thoracis tegulce lonqce • alee 
anticce margine exteriore nigricante, fimbria pallida ; posticce 
cmerea , margine exteriore pallide fuscescente. 
