LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 845 



white subapical point. Hind wings cinereous-brown ; marginal line 

 darker, with pale points. Length of the body 5 lines ; of the wings 

 11 lines. 



Belongs to the second Asiatic group, and has some resemblance 

 to H. qiuesitalis. 



a. Ceylon. Presented by E. Templeton, Esq. 



Hypena Nisalis. 



Foem. Pallide cervina, robusta, rosea conspersa ; fasciculus front-' 

 alls porrectus ; palpi longi, glabri, compressi, articulo 2o lati- 

 usculo fere porrecto , So ascendente albo gracili linear i fas ciis 

 tribus nigris ; abdomen roseum ; pedes validi, tibiis anticis 

 fimbriatis roseo guttatis , tibiis intermediis supra saturate roseis ; 

 ales latcey breves, lineis plurimis roseis denticulatis, punctis 

 submarginalibus nigris, lunulis marginalibus roseis ; antica 

 rectangulata, lineis denticulatis fasciaque exteriore ochraceis, 

 costa nigro punctata, margine exteriore convexo. 



Female. Pale fawn-colour, stout, rosy speckled, whitish beneath. 

 Frontal tuft prominent. Palpi long, compressed, smooth, extending 

 far beyond the head ; second joint rather broad, nearly porrect ; third 

 joint white, slender, linear, acute, with three black bands, shorter 

 and more ascending than the second. Antenna? slender. Abdomen 

 rosy, except towards the base. Legs stout ; fore legs darker than 

 the others; fore tibiae fringed on both sides, with rosy dots ; middle 

 tibiae deep rosy above. Wings broad, short, with several slight den- 

 ticulated rosy lines, and with black submarginal points ; marginal 

 lunules rosy. Fore wings rectangular at the tips, with two or three 

 ochraceous denticulated lines, and with an exterior partly ochraceous 

 band ; costa with black points ; exterior border convex, not oblique, 

 except hind ward. Hind wings extending almost beyond the abdo- 

 men. Length of the body 5 lines ; of the wings 11 lines. 



This species and H. incongrualis may form a new group in the 

 genus. 



a. Ceylon. Presented by R. Templeton, Esq. 



Genus MURSA. 



Mas. Corpus sat gracile. Fasciculus frontalis porrectus. 

 Proboscis brevis. Palpi longi, porrecti, angulati j articulus 2us latus, 



