LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 361 



Dasychira LONGIPENNIS, 



Foem. Alba ; palpi subascendentes, caput longe superantes, arliculo 

 So conico ; antenna sub pectinate ; alee anticce valde elongates, 

 nigro conspersce, lineis tribus obliquis nigris, [a 2aque inter- 

 ruptis, 2a 3aque e lunulis, 3a submarginali ; posticce subtus 

 litura discalifusca. 



Female. While. Palpi slightly ascending, extending much 

 beyond the head; second joint pilose beneath ; third conical, less 

 than one-eighth of the length of the second. Antennae slightly 

 pectinated; branches tawny. Legs pilose ; tarsi with black bands. 

 Fore wings much elongated, with minute black speckles and with 

 three slight transverse oblique black lines ; first and second lines 

 incomplete; second and third composed of lunules; third sub- 

 marginal; exterior border convex, extremely oblique. Wings 

 beneath with a brown transverse discal mark. Length of the body 

 10 lines; of the wings 40 lines. 



Bourn. In Mr. Saunders' collection. 



Dasychira tenebrosa. 



Mas et foem. Obscure fusca ; abdomen cinereum, fusco cristatum; 

 alee anticce lineis sex transversis e lunulis nigris chalybceo 

 marginatis ; posticce obscure cinerece. Mas. — Palpi crassi, 

 dense pilosi ; ala lituris distinctis. Foem. — Palpi mediocres ; 

 antennce subpectinatce ; alee lituris indistinctis, 



Male and female. Dark brown, stout, densely pilose, cinereous- 

 brown beueath. Palpi porrect, hardly extending beyond the head. 

 Abdomen dark cinereous, not extending beyond the hind wings, 

 with a brown crest on each of the three first segments. Wings with 

 a blackish dot on the disk beneath. Fore wings with six transverse 

 lines of black lunules, which are bordered with chalybeous speckles. 

 Hind wings dark cinereous. Male. — Palpi very stout, densely 

 pilose. Antennae very broadly pectinated ; branches fawn-colour. 

 Fore wings with distinct markings. Female. — Palpi moderately 

 stout and pilose. Antennae slightly pectinated; branches black. 

 Fore wings with indistinct markings. Length of the body 8 — 9 

 lines ; of the wings 24 — 27 lines. 



Darjeeling. In Mr. Atkinson's collection. 



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