LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 
853 
raaxillares bene determinate Antennae breves, compressae, submo- 
nilifonnes. Abdomen alas posticas superans, apice subeompressum. 
Pedes glabri, longiusculi, sat graciles. Alae acutae, sat angustae ; 
anticae subfalcatae ; posticae lituris liullis, margine exteriore subun- 
dulato. 
Male. Body slender. Proboscis short, delicate. Palpi por- 
rect, slightly pilose, not broad, a little shorter than the thorax ; third 
joint lanceolate, not more than one-third of the length of the second. 
Maxillary palpi very distinct. Antennae short, compressed, sub- 
moniliform. Abdomen extending rather beyond the hind wings, 
slightly compressed at the tip. Legs smooth, rather long and 
slender; spurs long. Wings acute, rather narrow. Fore wings 
subfalcate, irregularly marked. Hind wings without markings ; 
exterior border slightly undulating. 
This genus seems to be allied to Cyclopteryx , which it resembles 
in the elegance of the markings of its wings. 
1. Chalestra Podaresalis. 
Mas. Cervina; palpi subtits albi ; pectus antice niveum ; tarsi 
albi ; alee anticce lineis duabus argenteis nigricante marginatis , 
1 a biangulata , 2 a postice arcuata , litura discali perobliqua ar - 
gentea nigricante marginata ; posticae albce, fascia marginali 
diffusa pallide cervina, 
Male. Fawn-colour, more cinereous beneath. Palpi and tibiae 
beneath and tarsi white. Pectus pure white in front. Fore wings 
with two silvery white blackish-bordered lines, which are very oblique 
hind ward ; the interior one forming two acute angles towards the 
costa ; the exterior one curved hindward and approaching the inte- 
rior angle, thence proceeding direct to the costa; a very oblique 
silvery white blackish-bordered discal mark. Hind wings white, 
with a diffuse pale fawn-coloured border. Length of the body 5 
lines; of the wings 11 lines. 
Cape. In Mr. Saunders’ collection. 
Page 93. 
Genus LUCERIA. 
Mas. Corpus sat robustum. Proboscis distincta. Palpi longi, 
compressi, angulati ; articulus 2us porrectus, latus, pilosus ; 3us 
