LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 739 



beyond the reniform partly fawn-colour; three zigzag indistinct 

 dark brown lines*; first line on the inner side of the orbicular ; 

 second between the orbicular and the reniform ; third beyond the 

 reniform, much interrupted, joining the second near the interior 

 border; submarginal line cinereous, zigzag; marginal lunules 

 black, cinereous-bordered ; three cinereous costal points towards 

 the tip ; orbicular and reniform large, incompletely bordered with 

 dark brown, the latter excavated on the outer side ; exterior border 

 straight, slightly oblique. Hind win»s a little paler ; fringe whitish 

 except at the base ; under side brown-speckled, with a brown dot 

 in the disk and with two exterior denticulated brown lines. Length 

 of the body 8 lines ; of the wiugs 20 lines. 



a. Ceylon. Presented by Dr. Templeton. 



Hadena ruptistriga. 



Mas Fusceseens ; palpi erecti, pubescentes, verticem superantes, 

 articuto 3o lanceolato ; alee anticee purpurascente chalybeeo 

 subtinctce, nigricante conspersee, lineis nonnullis fuscis 

 dentatis indeterminatis, linea exteriore fusca magis de- 

 terminata ex parte duplicata striga discali lata nigra, or- 

 biculari et reniformi magnis obliquis cinereo marginatis ; 

 postices cinerece. 



Male. Brownish, cinereous beneath. Palpi erect, pubescent, 

 rising much higher than the vertex; third joint lanceolate, more 

 than half the length of the second. Antennae setose. Abdomen 

 cinereous, extending somewhat beyond the hind wings ; apical tuft- 

 very small. Legs hardly pilose ; tarsi blackish, their joints with 

 cinereous tips. Fore wings blackish-speckled, with a slight purplish 

 chalybeous tinge; five or six indistinct incomplete dentate brown lines; 

 a more exterior distinct and complete brown line which is partly 

 double ; marginal lunules brown ; a broad black streak interrupted 

 by the orbicular mark and extending to the reniform ; orbicular 

 and reniform large, oblique, with cinereous borders, the latter 

 slightly excavated on the outer side. Hind wings cinereous. 

 Length of the body 7 lines ; of the wings 16 lines. 



a. Ceylon. Presented by Dr. Templeton. 



Hadena spargens. 



Fcera. Cinereo-fusca ; palpi sat. graciles, oblique ascendentes, 

 verticem paullo superantes, articulo 3o lanceolato ; alee anticce 



