LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 375 



calcaribus duobus parvis apicalibus ; alee basi lanuginosa, 

 linea obliqua subrecta purpurascente, linea nigricante indis- 

 tincta denticulata ; anticce subfalcatce, vix acuta; posticce 

 abdomen longe superantes. 



Male. Very pale testaceous. Head purplish red in front. 

 Palpi purplish red, porrect, stout, pilose, extending very little beyond 

 the head ; third joint very short. Antennae broadly pectinated. 

 Legs squamous, mostly purplish ; femora and fore tibiae thickly 

 fringed ; femora with a white dot on their tips beneath ; hind tibiae 

 with two short apical spurs. Wings lanuginous at the base, with a 

 nearly straight purplish line, which is slightly bordered with yellow 

 on its outer side and extends from three-fourths of the length of the 

 costa of the fore wings to three-fifths of the length of the interior 

 border of the hind wings ; a slender indistinct denticulated blackish 

 line ; fringe luteous. Fore wings hardly acute, very slightly sub- 

 falcate. Hind wings extending much beyond the abdomen. Length 

 of the body 10 lines ; of the wings 28 lines. 



a. North Australia. Presented by J. R. Elsey, Esq. 



Dreata subcurvifera. 



Mas. Cervina; palpi decumbentes, brevissimi, pilosissimi, subtus 

 nigri ; thorax hirsutus ; pedes breves, latissime fimbriati ; alee 

 anticce vittis tribus nigris, la subcostali, 2a subarcuata, 3a 

 marginali ; posticce vittis duabus nigris apice connexis. 



Male. Fawn-colour, stout. Palpi decumbent, very short and 

 pilose, black beneath. Antennae extremely broadly pectinated. 

 Thorax thickly clothed with long erect hairs. Legs short, femora 

 and tibiae very broadly fringed. Fore wings rounded at the tips, 

 with three black stripes composed of confluent speckles, intersected 

 by the veins ; first stripe subcostal, not extending to the tip ; second 

 slightly curved forward, extending from the base of the interior 

 border to the tip ; third extending along the exterior border ; discal 

 areolet not extending to half the length of the wing. Hind wings 

 with two black stripes, one extending from two-thirds of the length 

 of the interior border, the other marginal, connected at the tip with 

 the first. Length of the body 10 lines ; of the wings 28 lines. 



a. Ceylon. Presented by — Green, Esq. 



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