LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 625 



Leucanta CONFERTISSIMA. 



Mas. Pallide ochracea ; palpi sat graciles, vix ascendentes,articulo 

 3o conico; alee anticce albido-Jlavce, ochraceo strigata, litura 

 basali, macula discali punctisque marginalibus nigris, linea 

 postmedia fusca angulosa nigro punctata ; posticce albce. 



Male. Pale ocbraceous, much paler beneath. Proboscis 

 short. Palpi rather slender, hardly ascending, extending: a little 

 beyond the head ; third joint conical, not more than one-fourth of 

 the second. Antennas rather stout, very minutely pubescent. Ab- 

 domen extending a little beyond the hind wings. Fore wings 

 whitish yellow, with irregular ouhraceous streaks ; a cluster of black 

 speckles in the disk near the base ; a black spot at the end of the 

 areolet; an exterior zigzag brown line, which is accompanied by 

 black points; marginal points black. Hind wings white. Length of 

 the body 6 lines ; of the wings 14 lines. 



a. South Hindostan. Presented by M. W. Walhouse, Esq. 



Leucania insecuta. 



Fcem. Pallidissime cinereo-cervina ; palpi erecti, verticem non 

 superantes, articulo So minimo ; abdomen alas posticas longe 

 superans ; alee anticce acuta, nigro subconspersce, punctis 

 duobus discalibus lineaque exteriore obliqua subrecta punc- 

 tulari nigricantibus,venis albidis fuscescente marginatis, lineis 

 intermediis fuscescentibus ; posticce albid&, venis subcervinis 



Female. Very pale cinereous fawn-colour. Palpi erect, not 

 rising higher than the vertex, clothed with short thick hairs ; third 

 joint conical, not more than one-eighth of the length of the second. 

 Abdomen tapering slightly from the base to the tip, extending much 

 beyond the hind wings. Wings with no distinct marginal points. 

 Fore wings acute, partly, thinly, and very minutely speckled with 

 black ; veins whitish, with brownish borders ; intermediate lines 

 brownish ; two blackish points at the end of the discal areolet, and 

 an exterior oblique nearly straight line of blackish points. Hind 

 wings whitish ; veins slightly tinged with fawn-colour. Length of 

 the body 9 lines ; of the wings 20 lines. 



Most allied to L. collecta and to L. denotata, but there are no 

 dark bands on the thorax. 



a. Shanghai. From the Entomological Society's collection. 



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