LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 503 



Male, Pale fawn-colour. Abdomen brown except at the base. 

 Fore win»s with three rather large pale yellowish spots on the ex- 

 terior border, the first apical and the third by the interior angle. 

 Hind wings pale yellowish. Length of the body 4£ lines ; of the 

 wings 12 lines. 



a. Hindostan. Presented by Sir J. Hearsey. 



Genus MAGAVA. 



Mas. Corpus sat robustum. Proboscis brevis. Palpi graciles, 

 oblique ascendentes ; articulus 3us parvus, acutus. Antennae 

 serratae, setulosse, capitis latitudine perpaullo longiores. Abdomen 

 alas posticas superans; fasciculus apicalis minimus. Pedes breves, 

 fimbriati; tibiae posticae quadricalcaratae. Alae elongatse, latiusculae, 

 sericeae, apice subrotundatae, margine exteriore subconvexo sat 

 obliquo. 



Male. Body rather stout. Proboscis short. Palpi slender, 

 obliquely ascending, not longer than the breadth of the head 

 between the eyes; third joint minute, acute. Antennae serrated 

 and setulose, very little longer than the breadth of the head. 

 Abdomen extending rather beyond the hind wings; apical tuft very 

 small. Legs short, moderately stout ; femora and tibiae fringed ; 

 spurs moderately long. Wings elongated, rather broad. Fore 

 wings sericeous, slightly rounded at the tips ; exterior border 

 slightly convex, rather oblique ; third inferior vein not very remote 

 from the second; second superior vein much nearer to the third 

 than to the first. 



Magava multiline a. 



Mas. Pallide ochracea ; thorax fascia lata e atomis saturatiori- 

 bus ; alee antica subaurata?, fasciis nonnullis obliquis pur- 

 purascentibus et saturate ochraceis vix undulatis, maculis 

 duabus discalibus nonnullisque submarginalibus saturatissime 

 ochraceis ; postica? pallide flavescentes, apud marginem 

 interiorem ochraceo variai. 



Male. Pale ochraceous, pale yellowish beneath. Thorax 

 with a broad band of darker speckles. Fore wings slightly gilded, 

 with several oblique irregular hardly undulating alternate deep 

 ochraceous and purplish bands which do not extend to the costa ; 



