LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA 1015 



Female. Testaceous, slender, whitish beneath. Head white 

 about the eyes. Palpi pale fawn-colour, porrect, broad, ros triform, 

 acute, a little longer than the breadth of the head, pure white beneath, 

 as is also the fore pectus. Antennae slender. Abdomen not extending 

 beyond the hind wings. Legs slender ; middle legs rather longer 

 and stouter than the fore wings. Wings moderately broad; marginal 

 points black. Fore wings acute; interior and exterior lines blackish 

 denticulated, indistinct, very slight, the latter much bent ; orbicular 

 and reniform marks large, irregular ; fringe dark cinereous. Hind 

 wings testaceous-whitish, with an indistinct cinereous line. Length 

 of the body 3i lines ; of the wings 8 lines. 



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



SCOPULA EVENORALIS. 



Mas. Pallide lutea, sat valida, subtus alba ; caput ochraceum ; 

 oculi alho cincti ; pedes intermedii subincrassati ; tibice anticce 

 fusco bifasciatce ; alee amp Ice, fascia marginali lata purpurea, 

 linea exteriore fuscescente indistincta ; anticce acutce, linea 

 exteriore Jlexa, lunula discali fuscescente, punctis marginalibus 

 nigris. 



Male. Pale luteous, moderately stout, white beneath. Head 

 ochraceous, white about the eyes, pure white beneath, as is also the 

 fore pectus. Middle legs slightly incrassated; tibiae striped with 

 brown. Fore tibiae brown, with a white band. Wings ample, with 

 a broad marginal purple band ; exterior line brownish, indistinct. 

 Fore wings acute, with a brownish discal lunule ; exterior line bent; 

 marginal points black. Length of the body 6 lines ; of the wings 

 14 lines. 



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



SCOPULA ? ACCALIS. 



Fcem. Fusca, vix robusta; palpi lanceolati, capitis latitudine 

 paullo longiores ; antennce validce ; abdomen alas posticas 

 paullo superans ; pedes sat robusti ; alee sat angustce, linea 

 exteriore obliqua albido-cinerea, linea marginali pallida ; 

 anticce acutce, f err ugineo varia, striga discali ochracea, maculis 

 tribus magnis fuscis apud marginem interiorem ,• posticce 

 macula discali pallida. 



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