LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 219 



Male. Body robust. Front not tufted. Proboscis distinct. 

 Palpi thick, porrect, extending not much beyond the head; third 

 joint conical, minute. Antennae rather broadly pectinated to be- 

 yond half the length, simple from thence to the tips. Abdomen 

 extending a little beyond the hind wings ; apical tuft thick, 

 quadrate. Legs stout ; hind tibiae not incrassated ; spurs moderately 

 long. Wings oblong. Fore wings slightly truncated at the tips, 

 behind which there are two slight angles ; exterior border very ob- 

 lique; interior border excavated. Hind wings with the costa ex- 

 cavated before the middle and towards the tip; exterior border 

 hardly dentated. 



1. Orsonoba Rajaca. 



Mas. Cervina ; alee ferrugineo subconspersce, lineis duabus obli- 

 quis ferrugineis, subtus magis conspersce flavo varies lineis 

 diffusis ; anticce lineis subrectis subparallelis apud costam 

 nigricantibus retractis ; posticce lineis duabus subundulatis, 

 gutta discali nigra albido punctata. 



Male. Fawn-colour. Wings minutely speckled with ferrugi- 

 nous ; two ferruginous oblique lines ; under side paler, more 

 speckled, partly yellow and with diffuse lines. Fore wings with the 

 lines nearly straight and parallel, blackish and abruptly retracted 

 towards the costa. Hind wings with a black whitish-pointed dot on 

 the interior line ; the two lines slight, undulating. Length of the 

 body 7 lines; of the wings 16 lines. 



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



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