LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERL 1013 



Male. Luteous, moderately stout, whitish beneath. Head 

 white about the eyes. Palpi fawn-colour, rostriform, a little longer 

 than the breadth of the head, pure white beneath, as is also the 

 pectus. Antennae smooth, slender. Abdomen hardly extending 

 beyond the hind wings. Legs smooth ; fore tibiae black towards the 

 tips ; middle legs slightly incrassated. Wings rather broad ; an 

 indistinct exterior line and a broad marginal band purplish ; mar- 

 ginal points black. Fore wings acute ; exterior line extremely bent ; 

 orbicular mark punctiform ; reniform mark represented by an angular 

 brown streak. Length of the body 5 lines ; of the wings 14 lines. 



a. North China. From Mr. Fortune's collection. 



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Scopula Machceralis. 



Fcem. Flava, gracilis ; palpi pallide ochracei, porrecti, lati, acuti ; 

 palpi maxillares distincti ; abdomen flavo-album, alas posticas 

 paullo superans ; pedes intermedii longiusculi, sat robusti ; alee 

 linea marginali fusca tenuissima ; anticce acuta?, lineis inte- 

 riore et exteriore luteis undulatis indistinctis, hac valde flexa, 

 reniformi lunulata ; posticce lineis subobsoletis, costa margine- 

 que exteriore albis. 



Female, Yellow, slender, white beneath. Palpi pale ochva- 

 ceous, porrect, broad, acute, as long as the breadth of the head. 

 Maxillary palpi distinct. Antennae slender. Abdomen white, 

 slightly tinged with yellow, extending a little beyond the hind wings. 

 Legs smooth ; middle legs rather long and stout. Wings moderately 

 broad ; marginal line brown, very slender. Fore wings acute ; inte- 

 rior and exterior lines luteous, undulating, indistinct, the latter much 

 bent; lunulate reniform mark also luteous and indistinct. Hind 

 wings with some traces of the lines, white along the costa and about 

 the exterior border. Length of the body 4 lines ; of the wings 8 

 lines, 

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



Scopula Damastesalis. 



Fcem. Pallide ochracea, gracilis ; oculi albo cincti ; palpi porrecti , 

 lati, rostriformes, acuti ; pedes intermedii longi, robusti ; alee 

 anticce acutce, lineis interiore exteriore et submarginali rufes- 

 centibus indistinctis denticulatis, linea exteriore valde flexa, 

 reniformi lunulata rufescente indistincta. 



