LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 919 



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Labanda Ceylusalis. 



Mas. Viridis, subtus lutea ; palpi ascendentes, graciles, com- 

 pressi, arcuati; thorax nigro fasciatus ; abdomen cinereo- 

 fuscu'm, alas posticas vix dimidio superans, apice testaceum 

 nigro notalum ; tibia intermedia nigro vittata? ; alee anticce 

 nigricantes, viridi conspersa, apud marginem exteriorem virides 

 nigro conspersce, apice rotundata?, lineis interiore et exteriore 

 nigricante viridibus costam versus albo marginatis, hac angn- 

 lata, ilia recta non obliqua, costa subconvexa. 



Male. Grass-green, luteous beneath. Palpi slender, com- 

 pressed, smooth, curved, obliquely ascending ; third joint a little 

 longer than the second. Antennae smooth. Thorax with a black 

 band in front. Abdomen cinereous-brown, extending for nearly 

 half its length beyond the hind wings, testaceous and marked with 

 black at its tip. Middle tibiae striped with black. Fore wings 

 blackish and speckled with green, except towards the exterior bor- 

 der, where they are mostly green and speckled with black ; interior 

 and exterior lines marked in blackish and green, bordered with 

 white towards the costa ; the former straight and upright; the latter 

 angular ; costa very slightly convex ; tips rounded ; exterior border 

 moderately oblique. Length of the body 9 lines; of the wings 

 16 lines. 



This species has a resemblance to some genera of the Erebida. 



Sarawak, Borneo. In Mr. Saunders' collection. 



Genus PINACIA. 



Corpus gracile. Proboscis breviuscula. Palpi longi, arcuati, 

 compressi, asceudentes, articulo 3o acuminato. Antennae subpecti- 

 natae. Thoracis tegulae breves. , Abdomen alas posticas superans. 

 Pedes graciles, glabri, calcaribus longissimis. Alae opacae, latius- 

 culae, concolores, lituris nullis; anticae vix acutae, costa subconvexa, 

 margine exteriore convexo. 



Male. Body slender. Proboscis rather short. Palpi long, 

 curved, compressed, pilose, obliquely ascending; third joint acumi- 

 nated, a little less than half the length of the second. Antennae 

 slightly pectinated, Thorax with short tegulae. Abdomen extending 



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