LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 779 



punctis duobus subcostalibus cervinis,\margine exteriore jimbria- 

 quenigricantibus; posticce albce,aureo marginatce, margine ex- 

 teriore fimbriaque fuscis. 



Female. Pale yellow, white beneath. Head white, fawn-colour 

 beneath. Palpi porrect, compressed, fawn-colour on the outer side, 

 except towards the base ; third joint elongate-conical, more than 

 half the length of the second. Antennae fawn-colour. Thorax 

 white in front. Abdomen white, hardly tinged with fawn-colour; 

 hind borders of the segments and tip fawn-colour. Anterior tibiae 

 and tarsi fawn-colour above. Fore wings with two fawn-coloured 

 subcostal points ; exterior border and fringe blackish, interlined 

 with cinereous ; exterior border notched near the interior angle. 

 Hind wings pearly white, diffusedly gilded along the the exterior 

 border, which like the fringe is brown. Length of the body 9 lines ; 

 of jthe wings 22 lines. 



a. Swan Kiver. From Mr. Diggles's collection. 



Xanthodes diffusa. 

 Foem. Flava ; palpi oblique ascendentes ; articulo 3o longi- 

 conico ; alee sabauraice, sat angustce ; anticce fascia cervina 

 media obliqua antice abbreviata ; posticce albida. 



Female. Yellow, paler beneath. Palpi smooth, obliquely as- 

 cending, not rising higher than the vertex; third joint slender, 

 elongate-conical, not more than one-fourth of the length of the 

 second. Wings rather narrow, slightly gilded. Fore wings slightly 

 acute, with an oblique fawn-coloured middle band which is ab- 

 breviated towards the costa; exterior border straight, rather oblique. 

 Hind wings whitish. Length of the body 4 lines; of the wings 

 10 lines. 



a. Ceylon. Presented by Dr. Templeton. 



Xanthodes parvula. 

 Foem. Flava, svbtus aurato-cinerea ; palpi graciles, porrecti, 

 caput vix superantes, articulo So longi-conico ; alee anticte 

 marginibus exteriore et interiore late ochraceis ; postica 

 aurato-cinerecc. 



Female. Yellow, gilded cinereous beneath. Palpi smooth, 

 slender, porrect, hardly extending beyond the head; third joint 



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