LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 847 



pectinated. Abdomen and hind wings cinereous, with a tinge of 

 fawn-colour. Fore wings acute, with four oblique brownish bands, 

 of which the fourth is concisely bordered on the outer side by a 

 darker brown line ; subraarginal line brown, undulating ; exterior 

 border convex; interior border much dilated near the base, tufted 

 near the end. Length of the body 8 lines ; of the wings 18 lines. 



a, b. United States. Presented by E. Doubleday Esq. 



Genus CALPE, C. L. H. xii. 958. 



CALPE MINUT1C0RNIS. 



roinuticornis, Cat. Lep. Het. xii. 959. 



a — c. Java. Presented by the Secretary of the India Board. 



Calpe basiplaga. 



Mas. Albido-cinerea ; caput et thorax anticua pallidissime cer- 

 vina ; palpi vix ascendentes, caput longe superantes, articulo 

 So lanceolato ; antennae setosce ; abdomen auratum, fasciculo 

 apieali compresso ; ala? anticce subfalcata, nigro subconspersce, 

 pktga basali, gutta antemedia lineisque duabus guttularibm, 

 nigricantifaiSy linea flavescente obliqua subrecta cervino mar- 

 ginata ; posticce auratai* 



Male. Whitish cinereous. Head and fore part of the thorax very 

 pale fawn-colour. Palpi pubescent, hardly ascending, extending 

 much beyond the head ; third joint lanceolate, about one-fourth of the 

 length of the second. Antennae setose. Abdomen gilded, extend- 

 ing a little beyond the hind wings ; apical tuft small, compressed. 

 Legs smooth. Fore wings acute, subfilcate, thiuly black-speckled ; 

 a blackish patch near the base ; a blackish dot in the disk before 

 the middle ; a yellowish almost straight line, bordered with fawn- 

 colour on its inner side, accompanied by blackish dots on its outer 

 side, extending from somewhat beyond the middle of the interior 

 border to the tip, near which there is a fawn-coloured tinge ; a sub- 

 marginal line of blackish dots ; under side and hind wings gilded. 

 Length of the body 7 lines ; of the wings 18 lines. 



a. St. Domingo. From Mr. Tweedies collection. 



