LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 1539 



the outer side of the first band, and with an indistinct ochraceous 

 band near the base. Hind wings with the exterior border slightly 

 festooned. Length of the body 6 lines; of the wings 18 lines. 

 Flores. In Mr. Saunders' collection. 



Lagyra bombycaria. 



Mas. Cinereo-cervina ; palpi fusci, porrecti, caput vix superantes, 

 articulo So minimo ; antennce late pectinatce ; alee elongates^ 

 linea antemedia vixundulatajimbriaquecervinis; antic ce faU 

 catce, fascia .media lineaque exteriore subundulata cervinis, 

 margine exteriore recto; posticce linea postmedia e punctis 

 nigricantibus, margine exteriore subangulato. 

 Male. Cinereous fawn-colour, paler and with an ochraceous 

 tinge beneath. Palpi brown, porrect, hardly extending beyond the 

 hind wings; third joint extremely minute. Antennae broadly pecti- 

 nated. Abdomen extending very little beyond the hind wings; 

 apical tuft very small, slightly compressed. Legs slender, rather 

 short. Wings elongate, with an antemedial fawn-coloured hardly 

 undulating line, which is blackish on the under side; fringe fawn- 

 colour. Fore wings falcate, hardly acute, with a fawn-coloured 

 middle band and with an exterior slightly undulating fawn-coloured 

 line, of which the middle part is connected with the band ; exterior 

 border straight, rather oblique. Hind wings with postmedial line 

 represented by a few blackish points ; exterior border slightly angular 

 in the middle. Length of the body 7 lines ; of the wings 18 lines. 



Very nearly allied to L. Rigusaria, but the wing-markings of 

 the latter are so indistinct that it cannot be certainly identified with 

 the present species. 

 a. Ceylon. Presented by Dr. Templeton. 



Lagyra incomptaria. 

 Mas. Sordide ochracea ; caput antice nigricans; palpi nigri- 

 cantes, breves, oblique ascendentes, articulo So minimo ; an- 

 tennae latissime pectinatce, apices versus nudce ; alee f err ugineo 

 conspersce, linea postmedia ferruginea, puncto nigro ; anticts 

 subfalcatce, spatio costali lineaque antemedia ferrugineis ; 

 posticce margine exteriore unidentato. 

 Male. Dingy ochraceous. Head blackish in front, Palpi 

 blackish, obliquely ascending, not rising near so high as the vertex; 



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