LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 1537 



Cyclidia PATULATA. 



Fcem. Paliide cervina ; palpi breves, oblique ascendentes ; antenna 

 ochracece ; alee amplce, maeulis submarginalibus obscure fuscis; 

 anticce subacute, gutta lineisque sex obliquis derdiculatis 

 albis; posticce lituris indistinctis. 

 Female. Pale fawn-colour, whitish cinereous beneath. Palpi 

 short, obliquely ascending. Antennae ochraceous. Abdomen 

 shorter than the interior border of the fore wings. Wings very 

 ample, with dark brown submarginal spots. Fore wings slightly 

 acute, with six oblique denticulated white lines ; second and fifth 

 lines indistinct ; a broad space between the third and fourth, some- 

 times contracted hindward, including a white dot. Hind wings 

 with markings much like those of the fore wings, but less deter- 

 minate. Length of the body 10—11 lines; of the wings 37—40 

 lines. 

 Darjeeling. In Mr. Atkinson's collection. 



Genus LAGYRA, C. L. H. xx. 58. 



Lagyra diffusata. 

 Mas. Cinereo-rufescens ; palpi porrecti, caput perpaullo super- 

 antes, articulo So brevissimo ; antennce latissime pectmatce ; 

 alae fasciis duabus rufis, la diffusa, vix undulata, 2a sub- 

 den lata albido marginata ; anticce vix falcata, fascia basalt 

 rufa indistincta subundulata, striga postmedia rufa antica 

 lata; posticce margine exteriore rotundato. Var. #.— Ales 

 obscuriores. Var. y.— Alee flavescente-cinerece, fasciis rufes- 

 centibus. 

 Male. Cinereous-reddish. Palpi porrect, extending very little 

 beyond the head; third joint extremely short. Antennae very 

 broadly pectinated, except at the tips. Abdomen not extending 

 beyond the hind wings. Legs moderately long and stout ; spurs 

 slender. Wings slightly elongate, with two red oblique bands; 

 first band diffuse, slightly antemedial, hardly undulating; second 

 narrower than the first, slightly dentate, whitish-bordered on the 

 outer side. Fore wings very slightly falcate, rounded at the tips j 

 an indistinct slightly undulating red band near the base ; a broad 

 red streak extending from the costa to the disk on the outer side of 

 the third band. Hind wings with the exterior border rounded, not 



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