LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 615 



what cupreous ; a festooned white marginal line. Hind wings 

 blackish cupreous ; fringe with whitish points. Length of the body 

 8£ lines; of the wings 19 — 20 lines. 



Darjeeling. In Mr. Atkinson's collection. 



DlPHTERA NIGROVIRIDIS. 



Mas et foem. Obscure viridis ; caput apud oculos albidum ; 

 palpi brevissimi, oblique ascendentes ; antennae maris pubes- 

 centes, foem. setulosce ; abdomen fuscum ; al(B anticce nigro 

 conspersce, lineis nigris indistinctis undulatis, orbiculari et 

 reniformi apud medium contractu albo nigroque marginatis, 

 spatio marginali cupreo linea dentata nigricante. 



Male and female. Dark green, dark cinereous beneath, 

 Head whitish about the eyes. Palpi obliquely ascending, very 

 short; third joint extremely small. Antennae of the male pubes- 

 cent, of the female setulose. Abdomen brown. Tarsi with white 

 bands. Wings dark cupreous beneath. Fore wings wiih black 

 speckles and with some indistinct transverse undulating black lines ; 

 orbicular and reniform marks contracted in the middle, broadly and 

 irregularly bordered with white which has a black border ; space 

 along the exterior border dark cupreous, with a blackish dentate 

 transverse line, and with deep black marginal luuules which are 

 bordered with white on the inner side. Hind wings dark cupreous; 

 fringe whitish, except towards the base. Length of the body 

 8 lines; of the wings 20 lines. 



Darjeeling. In Mr. Atkinson's collection. 



DlPHTERA PRASINARIA. 



Foem. Pallide viridis, subtus alba; capitis later a nigra ; palpi 

 breves, vix ascendentes, nigro vittati ; abdomen pallide cinereum, 

 nigro cristatum ; alee anticce fasciis duabus angulosis obscure 

 viridibus nigro alboque marginatis, la basali, 2a interrupta, 

 macula alba punctoque nigro exterioribus connexis, linea sub- 

 marginali nigra informi interrupta albo marginata, punctis 

 costalibus nigris, fimbria nigro maculata ; posticce alba, linea 

 submarginali interrupta nigricante, punctis marginalibus 

 nigris. 



Female. Pale green, white beneath. Head black on each 

 side. Palpi hardly ascending, hardly extending beyond the head, 

 black on the outer side ; third joint very short. Antennae black, 



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