LEPIDOPTERA HETEEOCERA. 653 



Laphygma OBSTANS. 



Mas. Ferrugineo-fusca ; antenna subserrata, subpenicillata ; 

 abdomen cinereum, fuscescente crista turn ; alee anticce nigro- 

 fuscce, lineis undulatis denticulatis nigris ferrugineo marginatis, 

 linea submarginali ferruginea undulata subduplicata, or- 

 biculari el reniformi maximis ferrugineis nigro-marginatis ; 

 posliccB alba, semihy aline, linea marginali fusca. 



Male. Ferruginous-brown. Third joint of the palpi conical, 

 not more than one-fourth of the length of the second. Antennae 

 stout, minutely serrated ; each tooth with a minute tuft of hairs. 

 Abdomen cinereous, with brownish crests towards the base. Fore 

 wings blackish-brown, with black broadly ferruginous-bordered 

 denticulated and undulating lines; interior and exterior lines very 

 remote from each other ; submarginal line ferruginous, undulatiug, 

 incomplete, partly double; marginal festoon black, with a fer- 

 ruginous outer border ; orbicular and reniform marks ferruginous, 

 black-bordered, very large, near each other, the latter very slightly 

 excavated, under side white. Hind wings white, semihyaline ; 

 marginal line brown. Length of the body 4 \ — 5 lines ; of the wings 

 11—12 lines. 



Ceylon. In Mr. Layard's collection. 



Laphygma trajiciens. 



Mas. Pallidissime cervina ; alee anticce lineis duabus nigro 

 fuscis sub denticulatis pallido marginatis, linea submarginali 

 pallida, strigis submarginalibus nigris interruptis, punctis 

 marginalibus nigris, orbiculari et reniformi pallidis magnis ; 

 posticce albce. 



Male. Very pale fawn-colour, whitish testaceous beneath. Third 

 joint of the palpi conical, not more than one-fourth of the length of 

 the second. Antennas thickly >elose. Fore wings with the lines 

 blackish-brown, slight, denticulated, pale bordered ; submarginal 

 line pale, interrupting some hlack submarginal streaks; marginal 

 points black; orbicular, and reniform marks pale, large ; the former 

 round ; the latter hardly excavated, with its disk mostly blackish 

 brown ; some blackish marks along the costa. Hind wings white, 

 opaline. Length of the body 4 lines ; of the wings 10 lines. 



Ceylon. In Mr. Lavard's collection. 



