LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 1651 



Male. Ferruginous or brown, paler beneath. Head whitish 

 or white between the antennae. Wings with two cinereous lines; 

 first line antemedial, bordered with dark ferruginous on the outer 

 side; second postmedial, bordered with dark ferruginous on the 

 inner side. Fore wings with the second line forming a loop or 

 recurved to the costa ; a blackish cinereous-bordered patch on the 

 interior border. Length of the body 3J lines ; of the wings 

 9 lines. 



a _ c . Ceylon. From M. Nietner's collection. 

 d. Ceylon. Presented by Dr. Templeton. 



DlRADES FERRUGATA. 



Mas. Ferrugineo-cinerea ; caput fuscum, vertice cinereo ; antenna 

 glabra, crassa ; abdomen albidum, bad cinereum ; alee lineis 

 duabus ferrugineis undulatis, antica vitta costali albida abbre- 

 viata ; postica acuta, purpurascente-tincta, subtus albida, 

 costa biangulata, margine exteriore flexo, margine interiore 

 albido plicato. 



Male. Cinereous, suffused with ferruginous. Head brown ; 

 vertex cinereous. Antenna? smooth, thick. Abdomen whitish, ex- 

 cept at the base above. Legs whitish, stout. Wings with two 

 ferruginous undulating lines; one antemedial, the other postmedial. 

 Fore wings rounded at the tips ; a whitish costal stripe, which does 

 not extend to the base ; exterior border slightly convex, very oblique. 

 Hind wings acute, purplish-tinged, whitish along the interior border ; 

 costa dilated and forming an angle near the base and another near 

 the tip ; exterior border bent in the middle ; interior border dilated 

 and slightly folded; under side whitish. Length of the body 

 4 lines; of the wings 12 lines. 



a. Ceylon. Presented by Dr. Templeton. 



DlRADES SUBDENTATA. 



Mas. Albida ; caput fuscum, vertice albido ; palpi fusci, porrecti, 

 graciles, brevissimi ; antenna glabra, crassa ; ala elongata, 

 linea postmedia e guttis nigricantibus ; antica fusco subcon- 

 spersa,linea antemedia e guttis nigricantibus; postica apud 

 marginem exteriorem rufescentes, costa bis dilatata, margine 

 interiore plicato. 



