LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 551 



veins with brown streaks ; exterior border convex, very oblique. 

 Hind wings short, slightly tinged with ochraceous. Length of the 

 body 11 lines ; of the wings 20 lines. 



a. Ega. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



Gastropacha caffra. 

 caffra, Wlngr. Wien. Ent. Mon. iv. 166. 

 Caffraria. 



Gastropacha protracta. 

 protracta, H.-Sch. Lep. Exot. pi. 82, f. 473. 

 Africa ? 



Gastropacha Deruna. 

 Deruna, Moore, Cat. Lep. Mus. E. J. C. ii. 426. 

 Java. 



Gastropacha abstracta. 



Mas. Obscure cinereo-rufescens ; caput et thorax linea tenui 

 nigra ; ala nigro conspersa, margine exteriore vix inciso ; 

 anticce lineis nonnullis obliquis undulatis indeterminatis e 

 atomis nigris. 



Male. Dark cinereous-reddish. Head and thorax with a 

 black longitudinal line. Femora and tibia? densely pilose. Wings 

 thickly black-speckled ; exterior border hardly festooned. Fore wings 

 with five or six indistinct oblique undulating lines formed by some 

 of the speckles. Length of the body 11 lines; of the wings 30 

 lines. 



a. Ceylon. From Mr. Stevens' collection. 



Fam. HYDRIAS, C. L. H. v. 1397. 



Hydrias fasciata. 



Mas. Fusca; caput albidum, fascia orbitisque fuscis ; antenna 

 alba, late pectinata, ramis pallide ochraceis ; thorax fascia 

 maculisque duabus later alibus albidis ; pedes longiusculi ; 

 alee pallide fuscce, strigis plagaque fuscis. 



Male. Brown. Head whitish, convex in front, brown about 

 the eyes, and with a brown band on the vertex. Palpi extremely 

 short*. Antennae white, broadly pectinated ; branches pale ochraceous. 



