more slender than the thorax, not extending
beyond the hind wings; anal lateral appendages fringed. Legs short,
stout. Fore wings rounded at the tips, extremely oblique along the
exterior border, which is slightly angular in the middle and slightly
excavated on each side; under side with a yellow costal spot near the
tip. Hind wings with the interior border densely fringed towards the
tip. Length of the body 7 lines; of the wings 16 lines.
Fam. LEUCANIDAE, _Guenee_.
Gen. MYTHIMNA, _Huebner_.
23. MYTHIMNA INDUCENS, n. s. _Foem._ Lateritio-rufa, subtus albida;
palporum articulo tertio brevissimo; abdomine rufescenti-cano; alarum
anticarum puncto discali nigro, lineis duabus nigricantibus subarcuatis
indistinctis, alis posticis rufescenti-canis.
_Female._ Brick-red colour, mostly whitish beneath. Palpi obliquely
ascending, not rising to the height of the vertex; third joint extremely
small, less than one-sixth of the length of the second. Abdomen
reddish-hoary, extending but little beyond the hind wings. Legs stout,
squamous; spurs moderately long. Fore wings very slightly convex along
the costa, rectangular at the tips; exterior border slightly oblique,
nearly straight; two slender, indistinct, slightly curved, blackish
lines, having between them a more distinct black discal point. Hind
wings reddish-hoary, the reddish tinge most prevalent towards the
exterior border. Length of the body 7 lines; of the wings 18 lines.
Fam. GONOPTERIDAE, _Guenee_.
Gen. ANOMIS, _Huebner_.
24. ANOMIS MUTILATA, n. s. _Mas._ Rufa, robusta, subtus
rufescenti-cinerea; palpis longis subascendentibus; abdomine latiusculo;
alarum anticarum lineis tribus indistinctis angulosis nigricantibus,
orbiculari alba punctiformi, margine exteriore postico perobliquo
subexcavato.
_Male._ Red, stout, reddish cinereous beneath. Palpi long, obliquely
ascending; third joint slender, linear, obtuse at the tip, a little
shorter than the second. Antennae stout, with extremely short setae.
Abdomen rather broad, extending a little beyond the hind wings. Fore
wings with three blackish, indistinct, slightly diffuse, zigzag lines,
which are slightly bordered hindward with pale yellow; orbicular mark
white, punctiform; exterior border slightly angular, hardly oblique, and
slightly truncated on the fore half, extremely oblique and with two
slight excavations on the hind half; fringe partly white. Hind wings not
paler than the fore wings. Length of the
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