LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 815 



Penicillaria RESOLUTA. 



Mas. Cervina ; palpi porrecti, articulo 3o llneari 2o vix breviore ; 

 alee margine exteriore subdenticalato ; anticce e atomis nigris 

 sublineatce, fascia exteriore Jlexa lineaque submarginali angu- 

 lata albidis, ovbicnlari e puncto albo, reniformi magna testa- 

 ceo-alba ; postica cinereo-fusca, linea submarginali testacea. 



Male. Fawn-colour, paler beneath. Eyes large. Palpi por- 

 rect ; third joint linear, rounded at the tip, nearly as long as the 

 second. Aniennce stout, simple. Wings slightly denticulated along 

 the exterior border Fore wings with black flecks, which form irre- 

 gular and incomplete transverse lines ; an incomplete bent whitish 

 band beyond the exterior line, and a whitish angular incomplete 

 submarginal line ; a blackish irregularly triangular costal subapical 

 spot containing the whitish costal clots; exterior border slightly 

 bent; orbicular maik white, punctiform, near the reniform, which is 

 large, testaceous-white, oblong-subquadrate, slightly concave on the 

 outer side. Hind wings cinereous-brown, with a testaceous incom- 

 plete submarginal line. Wings beneath with three approximate 

 exterior curved brown lines. Length of the body 6 lines; of the 

 wings 14 lines. 



Ceylon. In Mr. Layard's collection. 



Penicillaria furcata. 



Mas. Cinereo-rufescens ; palpi oblique ascen den tes, articulo 3o 

 lineari ; antenna? subcrenulata* ; abdomen fasciculo apicali 

 furcato; ala antics nigro conspersa?, lineis duabus cinereis 

 obliquis undulatis ferrugineo submarginalis, linea submarginali 

 einerea, reniformi obliqua subelliptica ferrugineo marginata, 

 margine exteriore angulatq ; posticce angulis marginis exteri- 

 oris duo bus vix conspicuis. 



Male. Cinereous-reddish. Palpi straight, obliquely ascending, 

 hardly rising higher titan the vertex ; third joint linear, a little more 

 slender than the second and more than half its length. Antenna? 

 stout, minutely crenulate. Abdomen extending rather beyond the 

 hind wings, with a very slender tuft on each side at the tip. Legs 

 stout. Win^s with a cinereous marginal line. Fore wings irregu- 

 larly black-speckled, with two oblique undulating cinereous partly 

 ferruginous-bordered lines ; second line very acutely retracted 



