LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 167 



Celeeena MUTATA. 



Mas. Flava ; palpi nigri, oblique ascendentes, articulis \o et 2o 

 subius luteis et fimbria tis ; abdomen bast apiceque subtus pec- 

 tusque lanuginosa ; pedes fimbriati, tibiis posticis dilatatis 

 apice lanceolatis, tarsis articulo \o dilatato clavato ; alee fascia 

 marginali lata nigra fasciam cineream includente ; anticce 

 vitta costali dimidioque ex teriore fasciam latamflavam inclu- 

 dente nigris. 



Male. Yellow, rather stout. Palpi black, obliquely ascending, 

 rising a little higher than the vertex ; first and second joints luteous 

 and fringed beneath ; third linear, about half the length of the 

 second. Antennae very minutely pubescent. Pectus and abdomen 

 at the base beneath and at the tip lanuginous. Legs rather stout ; 

 femora and anterior tibia? fringed ; hind tibiae very much dilated, 

 with a thick lanceolate apical protuberance ; first joint of the hind 

 tarsi clavate, very much dilated. Wings broad, with a broad black 

 marginal band, which contains a cinereous band. Fore wings very 

 long ; the black space occupying more than half the surface, emitting 

 a black costal stripe to the base, and containing a broad yellow 

 band, which is abbreviated towards the interior angle ; exterior 

 border extremely oblique. Length of the body 14 lines ; of the 

 wings 36 lines. 



Mysol. In Mr. Saunders' collection. 



CfiLERENA COM MUTATA. 



Fcem. Flava ; palpi oblique ascendentes, apice nigri ; thorax 



fascia antica nigra; pedes Iceves^femoribus anticis tibiisque 



cinereis; ala fascia marginali lata cinerea nigro marginata ; 



anticce costa basali, fascia angulata spatioque apicali nigris. 



Female. Bright yellow, slender. Palpi smooth, obliquely 



ascending, not rising higher than the vertex; third joint black, 



conical, less than one fourth of the length of the second. Antennas 



slender. Thorax with a black band in front. Legs smooth, slender; 



hind tibiae, except towards the base, anterior tibiae and fore femora 



cinereous. Wings with a broad marginal cinereous band, which is 



bordered with black on the inner side. Fore wings elongated, with 



a black middle band, which forms a right angle near the interior 



border and is continued along the costa to the base ; marginal band 



dilated, and occupying full one-third of the surface; exterior border 



