LEPTDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 
891 
veins ; exterior border slightly oblique. Hind wings with the veins 
mostly dark. 
This genus may be included with the Odontidce , and seems to 
be nearly allied to Cynceda . 
Mas. Fuscescente-cinerea , nigro subconspersa ; thoracis tegulce 
albido marginutce ; abdominis segmenta albido marginata ; alec 
anticce lituris costalibus nigricantibus ct albidis , venis albidis 
aut cervinis , line a obliqua pallida, linea marginali nigra tenui ; 
posticce albidce , nonnunquam apud marginem exteriorem cine - 
rece , venis plus minnsve nigricantibus . 
Male. Brownish cinereous, slightly speckled with black, pale 
cinereous beneath. Tegulae of the thorax with whitish borders. 
Abdominal segments with whitish hind borders. Fore wings with 
small blackish and whitish marks along the costa ; veins partly 
whitish, partly pale fawn-colour ; a line proceeding obliquely from 
near the base of the costa and joining the submarginal line near the 
interior angle ; marginal line black, slender ; fringe interlined. 
Hind wings whitish, occasionally dark cinereous along the exterior 
border ; veins more or less tinged with blackish. Length of the body 
3 — 3J lines ; of the wings 6 — 7 lines. 
a , b. From M. Darnel’s collection. 
Fcem. Cinerea , sat gracilis , vix fuscescens ; palpi graciles , ascen- 
dentes , subarcuati , articulo 2 o subpiloso , So lanceolato ; antennee 
graciles ; abdomen fusco conspersum , alas posticas superans ; 
pedes glabri , sat graciles , tibiis subpilosis ; aloe fongiusculec 
fusco conspersre , lineis interiore et exteriore undulatis pallide 
cinereis,punctis marginalibus obscure fuscis ; anticce vix acutce , 
reniformi parva nigricante ; posticoe lineis postice approximate , 
spatio intermedio poslico fusco. 
Female. Cinereous, rather slender, hardly tinged with brown. 
Palpi slender, very slightly curved, obliquely ascending, rising a 
little higher than the vertex ; second joint slightly pilose; third lan- 
ceolate, shorter than the second. Antennae slender. Abdomen 
1. Loryma Sentiu salts. 
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