LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 897 



marginal dots black, diffuse ; fringe very broad. Fore wings 

 rounded at the tips ; exterior border rather oblique ; reniform mark 

 represented by a black spot. Length of the body 5 lines; of the 

 wings 12 lines. 



Allied to P. farinalis in structure. 



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



Var. ? Mas. Fuscescente - cinerea, robusta ; palpi ascendentes, 

 articulo 2o valido piloso subarcuato, 3o lineari ; antennce 

 valida, pubescentes ; abdomen alas posticas paullo superans ; 

 pedes validi, glabri ; aim fusco conspersce et nebulosce, lineis 

 duabus undulalis pallide cinereis, spatio basali fusco, guttis 

 marginalibus obscure fuscis ; anticm apice rotundatce, reni- 

 formi e gutta obscure fusca. 



Var.? Male. Brownish cinereous, stout, pale cinereous be- 

 neath. Palpi obliquely ascending, not rising higher than the 

 vertex ; second joint stout, pilose, slightly curved ; third joint 

 linear, shorter and much more slender than the second. Antennae 

 stout, pubescent. Abdomen extending a little beyond the hind 

 wings. Legs stout, smooth. Wings moderately broad, tinged and 

 speckled with brown ; two pale cinereous undulating lines ; space 

 between the first line and the base brown ; marginal dots dark 

 brown. Fore wings rounded at the tips ; reniform mark represented 

 by a dark brown dot. Length of the body 3 lines ; of the wings 

 8 lines. 



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



Pybalis Vitialis. 



Mas. Obscure testacea, crassa ; palpi graciles, ascendentes, ver- 

 ticem superantes, articulo So brevi lanceolato ; antenna sub- 

 pubescentes, abdomen nigro conspersum, apice depressum, alas 

 posticas perpaullo superans ; pedes validi, pubescentes ; alee 

 latiusculce ; anticce nigro conspersce, apice rotundatce, rufes- 

 cente et fuscescente varice, lunulis marginalibus nigris ; 

 posticce cinerece, linea brevi exteriore pallida, fimbria sub- 

 rufescente. 



Male. Dull testaceous, very robust. Palpi slender, nearly 

 erect, rising a little higher than the vertex ; third joint lanceolate, 

 about one-fourth of the length of the second. Antennae very 



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