162 ME. F. AVALKER ON HETEROCEEOUS LEPIDOPTEKA 



fescentibus, abdomine basi cinereo, alis seneo-fuscis, anticis apice 

 rotundatis, vitta costaque nigro-purpureis, lineis quatuor undulatis 

 indistinctis obscui'e fuscis, puncto basali punctoque discali ochraceis, 

 linea submarginali cervina. 

 Female. Dark brown. Palpi reddish, obliquely ascending; 3rd joint 

 lanceolate, about half the length of the 2nd. Abdomen cinereous 

 towards the base, extending somewhat beyond the hind wings. Legs 

 rather short and stout. Wings rather narrow, aeneous brown. Fore 

 wings rounded at the tips, blackish purple along the costa and along 

 the interior border, and with a middle stripe of the same hue ; four 

 oblique, undulating, indistinct, dark brown lines; an ochraceous point 

 in the disk near the base, and another representing the reniform mark ; 

 submarginal line fawn-colour, irregular, most distinct in front ; costa 

 straight ; exterior border convex, very oblique. Length of the body 

 7 lines ; of the wings 16 lines. 



360. Gadirtha polygrapha, n. s. F(£m. Obscure ferrugineo-fusca, 

 abdomine alas posticas vix superante, alis anticis longis sat latis cine- 

 reo subtinctis apice subrotundatis, fasciis duabus nigris abbreviatis, 

 lineis interioribus undulatis subdentatis lineisque exterioribus cuneatis 

 nigris, alis posticis fuscis. 



Female. Very dark ferruginous brown, slightly paler beneath. Third 

 joint of the palpi much shorter than the 2nd. Abdomen hardly ex- 

 tending beyond the hind wings. Wings long, rather broad. Fore 

 wings partly tinged with cinereous, slightly rounded at the tips ; in- 

 terior part with some black undulating and slightly dentate lines ; 

 exterior part with several black cuneiform lines ; two interior black 

 bands, much abbreviated towards the interior border ; 2nd band ter- 

 minating in an elongated whitish dot ; marginal lunules black ; costa 

 very slightly convex. Hind wings brown ; fringe with the tip cine- 

 reous. Length of the body 8 lines; of the wings 21 lines. 



361. Gadirtha ferromixta, n. s. Mas. Rufescenti-ferruginea, 

 thorace nigro cinereoque consperso, alis anticis subdentatis sat an- 

 gustis vix acutis, fasciis cinereis ex parte nigro marginatis lineas fer- 

 rugineas undulatas includentibus, striga costali subapicali lunulisque 

 marginalibus nigris, alis posticis obscure cinereis. 



Male. Reddish ferruginous, cinereous beneath. Palpi porrect ; 3rd 

 joint much shorter than the 2nd. Antennae setulose. Thorax with 

 black and cinereous speckles. Abdomen cinereous. Tibia; banded with 

 black. Wings slightly dentate, rather narrow. Fore wings hardly 

 acute, with some irregular cinereous iridescent partly black -bordered 

 bands, which include some ferruginous undulating lines ; a longitudi- 

 nal black streak near the tip of the costa; marginal lunules black. 

 Hind wings dark cinereous. Length of the body 7 lines; of the 

 wings 18 lines. 



362. Gadirtha auADRiNOTATA, n. s. Fam. Obscure ferrugineo- 

 fusca, abdomine alas posticas perpaullo superante, alis anticis latius- 



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