188 MB. r. "WAIiKEE Oir HETEEOCEEOTTS LEPIDOPTEEA 



short. Abdomen not extending beyond the liind wings. Legs smooth. 

 Wings rather short and broad, thinly black-speckled/ exterior hne 

 brown, obHque, nearly straight, retracted towards the costa of the 

 fore wings ; space along the exterior border fawn-colour, which hue 

 is blended with the ground-colour ; submarginal line indicated by 

 elongated blackish marks with whitish points ; submarginal points 

 black. Fore wings subfalcate ; interior line zigzag, a little darker 

 than the ground -hue; a blackish costal spot, accompanied by two 

 black dots ; costa straight ; exterior border angular in the middle. 

 Length of the body 3 lines ; of the wings 8 lines. 



Gen. Capkodes, Guen. 



438. Capnodes maculicosta. Walk. Cat. Lep. 3rd ser. 1608. 

 Inhabits also Cevlon. 



439. Capnodes intractata, n. s. Fcem. Rufescenti-cervina, albido 

 suffusa, capite thoraceque antico ochraceis, pectore, ventre pedibusque 

 posterioribus albis, alis latiusculis, lineis interiore et exteriore fusces- 

 centibus undulatis indistinctis, linea submarginali vix conspicua, alis 

 anticis subfalcatis, costa albo punctata. 



Female. Reddish fawn-colour, mostly suffused with a whitish hue. 

 Head and fore part of the thorax ochraceous. Palpi not ascending 

 higher than the vertex ; 3rd joint linear, rather obtuse at the tip, 

 about one-third of the length of the 2nd. Abdomen not extending 

 beyond the hind wings. Pectus, under side of the abdomen, and 

 posterior legs white. Spurs long. Wings moderately broad ; interior 

 and exterior lines brownish, undulating, indistinct ; submarginal line 

 very indeterminate ; marginal points brown. Fore wings acutely 

 subfalcate; costa straight, with elongated white points; exterior 

 border convex. Length of the body 3 lines ; of the wings 8| lines. 



440. Capnodes? anomioides, n. s. Mas. Ferrugineo-rufa, palpis 

 verticem longe superantibus, antennis subpectinatis, tibiis et tarsorum 

 articulis apice albis, alis anticis lineis duabus nigricantibus dentatis 

 indistinctis, linea submarginali e punctis nigris, punctis duobus dis- 

 calibus albis, alis posticis aeneo-fuscis fimbria rufescente. 



Male. Ferruginous red, mostly cinereous beneath. Palpi compressed, 

 smooth, erect, rising much higher than the vertex ; 3rd joint linear, 

 rather shorter and more slender than the 2nd. Antennae slightly pec- 

 tinated. Abdomen extending a little beyond the hind wings. Legs 

 stout, smooth ; spurs long ; tips of the tibiae and of the joints of the 

 tarsi white. Fore wings somewhat paler and brighter towards the 

 interior angle ; interior and exterior lines blackish, dentate, indistinct; 

 submarginal line composed of black points, of which two or three 

 towards the costa are marked with white ; two white discal points. 

 Hind wings aeneous brown, with a reddish fringe. Length of the 

 body 8 hues ; of the wings 18 lines. 



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