LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 349 



smooth ; spurs moderately long. Fore wings speckled with pale 

 brown ; an oblique pale brown streak extending from the costa to 

 the areolet, and a marginal row of brown points. Length of the 

 body 6 lines; of the wings 14 lines. 



a. South Hindostan. Presented by M. J. Walhouse, Esq. 



EUPROCTIS TINCTIFERA. 



Mas. Albido-testacea ; caput et thorax nivea; alee anticce costa 

 basali apiceque albis, puncto discali punctoque marginali 

 nigris ; posticoe albce, basi et apud marginem interiorem 

 testacece, punctis duobus marginalibus nigris. 



Male. Whitish testaceous. Head and thorax snow-white. 

 Wings shining. Fore wings white along the costa at the base and 

 about the tips ; outline of the testaceous part forming two angles ; 

 a black point in the disk and another on the fore part of the exterior 

 border. Hind wings white, testaceous at the base and along the 

 interior border ; two black points on the fore part of the exterior 

 border. Length of the body 5 lines ; of the wings 12 lines. 



Ceylon. In Mr. Layard's collection. 



EUPROCTIS MELANOPHILA. 



Mas et fcem. Argenteo-alba ; palpi supra nigri ; abdomen nigrum, 

 apice ockraceum ; pedes antici supra nigricantes. 



Male and female. Silvery white. Palpi black above, not ex- 

 tending beyond the head. Antennae broadly pectinated in the male, 

 slightly pectinated in the female. Abdomen black; apical tuft 

 ochraceous. Fore legs more or less blackish above. Wings of the 

 male much shorter than those of the female. Length of the 

 body 8 — 9 lines; of the wings 21 — 24 lines. 



The white antenna?, the silvery white wings and the black ab- 

 domen of this species distinguish it from E. obsoleta. 



Darjeeling. In Mr. Atkinson's collection. 



EUPROCTIS METAMELANA. 



Mas. Subargenteo-alba ; caput subochraceum ; palpi supra nigri ; 

 thorax antice ochraceus ; abdomen nigrum, apice ochraceum ; 

 pedes antici supra nigri ; alee anticce costa subtus basi nigra. 



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