LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 897 



Female. Cinereous, whitish and with a slight testaceous 

 tinge beneath. Second joint of the palpi obliquely ascending; 

 third porrect, nearly as long as the second, with which it forms an 

 obtuse angle. Abdomen extending rather beyond the hind wings. 

 Fore wings with the lines black, denticulated, only apparent 

 towards the costa; a large oblong blackish black-bordered spot ex- 

 tending from the middle of the costa to the middle of the disk ; 

 costal subapical points and marginal lunules black. Hind wings 

 brownish cinereous, semihy aline, brown towards the exterior 

 border; fringe whitish. Length of the body 6 lines; of the wings 

 12 lines. 



a. Ceylon. Presented by Dr. Templeton. 



Gadirtha gutttjlosa. 



Mas. Cervina ; palpi capitis latitudine multo longiores, articulo 

 2o subascendente apice fimbria to, So porrecto lineari ; antenna 

 dimidio basali setis longis instructs ; aloe anticce nigro con- 

 spersce et guttata, linca marginali angvlosa pallide cervina, 

 orbiculari reniformi strigulisque marginalibus nigris ; posticce 

 fuscescentes. 



Male. Fawn-colour, cinereous beneath. Palpi much longer 

 than the breadth of the head ; second joint very slightly ascending, 

 fringed at the tip ; third linear, porrect, a little shorter than 

 the second. Antennae beset with very long bristles from the base 

 to beyond the middle. Abdomen brownish. Fore wings thinly 

 black-speckled, with many black spots, which form four irregular 

 lines ; of these two beyond the middle are more complete than the 

 others ; submarginal line pale fawn-colour, zigzag ; marginal lunules 

 black ; marginal streaks blackish, small, longitudinal ; orbicular 

 and reniform marks distinguished by two black dots; the latter 

 enclosed in a large blackish ringlet. Hind wings brownish. Length 

 of the body 6 lines ; of the wings 14 lines. 



a. Ceylon. Presented by the Secretary of the India Board. 



Gadirtha rectifera. 



Foem. Cinerea ; palpi vix angirfati; abdomen alas posticas longe 

 superans, litinis lateralibvs fuscis arcuatis ; alee anticce fus- 

 cente nebulosce, gutta basali lineaque ante media subobliqua 

 fere recta nigris, linea exteriore fiexa pallide cinerea nigricante 



