LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 887 



black, pale-bordered. Length of the body 4 lines ; of the wings 9 

 lines. 



Ceylon. In Mr. Layard's collection. 



HOMOPTERA ANTIC A. 



Mas. Ferruginea; palpi suberecti, vert.icem superantes, articulo 

 So linearis abdomen crista turn, subtus lanuginosum, fasciculo 

 apicali pallide cervino ; pedes dense fasciculati ; alee lineis 

 plurimis obscurioribus obliquis indistinctis, linea submarginali 

 e lunulis nigris, margine exteriore subdentato ; anticce fascia 

 alba lata antice abbreviata, linea exteriore nigra, plaga mar- 

 ginali cinerea valde diffusa; posticce margine interiore dense 

 fimbria to. 



Male. Ferruginous ; under side cinereous, with a tinge of 

 fawn-colour. Palpi nearly erect, rising higher than the vertex; 

 third joint linear, a little more than half the length of the second. 

 Antenna? stout, setose. Abdomen crested, extending rather beyond 

 the hind wings; apical tuft pale fawn-colour, moderately large; 

 under side lantiginous. Legs densely tufted. Wings with many 

 indistinct oblique darker lines : submarginal festoon black ; mar- 

 ginal festoon yellowish cinereous; exterior border slightly dentate. 

 Fore wings with a broad oblique irregular white band, which is nar- 

 rower in front and does not extend to the costa, and is almost 

 parallel to a slender black line which is near its outer side; a very 

 diffuse cinereous patch near the fore part of the exterior border. 

 Hind wings with the lines near the exterior border more distinct 

 than the others ; a thick pale fringe on the interior border. Length 

 of the body 10 lines ; of the wings 20 lines. 



a. South Hindostan. Presented by M. J. Walhouse, Esq. 



HOMOPTERA RETRAHENS. 



Mas et foem. Cinereo-cervina ; palpi breves; alee lineis non- 

 nullis denticulalis pallidis indistinctis, lineis duabus nigri- 

 cantibus denticulatis, pnnctis submarginalibus nigris ; anticce 

 lituris costalibus maculaque discali nigricantibus, orbiculari 

 et reniformi subobsoletis. 



Male and female. Cinereous fawn-colour, more cinereous 

 beneath. Palpi short ; third joint less than half the length of the 



