LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 961 



Hydrocampa Crisonalis. 



Fcem. Cinerea, gracilis, fusco confertissime punctata ; palpi gra- 

 ciles, arcuati, ascendentes, articulo So longi-conico ; abdomen 

 alas posticas sat superans ; alee linea submarginali tenuifusca ; 

 anticce apice rotundatce, punctis duobus basalibus fuscis, linea 

 exteriore lutea perobliqua valde flexa, reniformi e punctis duo- 

 bus ; posticce pallidiores, lineis duabus luteis indistinctis vix 

 obliquis. 



Female. Cinereous, very thickly and minutely speckled with 

 brown, slender, white beneath. Palpi slender, curved, ascending, 

 not rising higher than the vertex ; third joint elongate-conical, about 

 one-third of the length of the second. Antennae slender. Abdomen 

 extending rather beyond the hind wings. Legs smooth, slender. 

 Wings moderately broad, with a slight submarginal brown line. 

 Fore wings somewhat rounded at the tips, with two discal brown 

 points near the base, and with two other brown points representing 

 the reniform mark ; exterior line luteous, much bent, very oblique ; 

 exterior border very oblique. Hind wings paler, with two indistinct 

 nearly longitudinal luteous lines. Length of the body 4£ lines ; of 

 the wings 12 lines. 



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



Hydrocampa Drancesalis. 



Fcem. Fuscescente-cinerea, sat gracilis; caput subtus pectusque 

 anticum nivea ; palpi albidi, breves, lati, acuti, ascendentes, 

 extus fusco strigati ; abdomen subflavescens, alas posticas sat 

 superans ; alee fusco conspersce n lineis undulatis fuscis, linea 

 marginali ochracea, fimbria albida aut cinerea basi nigra ; 

 anticce apice rectangulatce. 



Female. Brownish cinereous, rather slender. Head beneath 

 and fore part of the pectus pure white. Palpi whitish, short, broad, 

 acute, obliquely ascending, with a brown streak ou the outer side. 

 Abdomen pale yellowish, extending rather far beyond the hind wings. 

 Wings moderately broad, with slight undulating brown lines, speckled 

 also minutely with brown ; marginal line ochraceous ; fringe black 

 at the base. Fore wings rectangular at the tips ; fringe whitish 

 cinereous in the middle part. Hind wings with the fringe cinereous, 



