LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 903 



wings aeneous-brown. Length of the body 7 lines ; of the wings 

 16 lines. 



u. Ceylon. From Mr. Stevens' collection. 



Othora albotecta. 



Fcena. Cinereo-fusca ; palporum articulus 2us nigro vittatus ; 

 thorax nigro subconspersus ; alee anticce alba, basi, spatio 

 costali plagaque magna apicali cinereo-fuscis lineas obscuriores 

 includentibus ; postica? cinerea?, margine lato fuscescente. 



Female. Cinereous-brown. Body white beneath. Palpi 

 white beneath, longer lhau the breadth of the head ; second joint 

 hardly ascending, with a black stripe on the outer side at the base, 

 and with a long porrect tuft above at the tip ; third linear, shorter 

 than the second. Thorax with a few black speckles. Legs white ; 

 tibiae and tarsi above cinereous, with brown bands. Fore wings 

 white ; base, one-third of the length of the costa, and a large apical 

 patch cinereous-brown, with the usual darker lines ; marginal 

 lunules black in the patch. Hind wings cinereous, with abroad 

 brownish border. Length of the body 8 lines ; of the wings 18 

 lines. 



There may be connecting links between this species and O. 

 albivitta. 



a. Ceylon. From Mr. Stevens' collection. 



Othora cinerascens. 



Foam. Cinerea ; palporum articulus 2us nigricante vittatus; 

 thorax villa strigisque duo bus obliquis nigricantibus ; aim 

 antica lineis fuscis angulosis indistinclis, lineis duabus ante 

 mtdiis denticulatis lineaque exteriore arcuata nigricantibus, 

 linea submarginali angulosa pallide cinerea ferrugineo sub- 

 marginata, macula postica fusca, reniformi et orbiculari e 

 guttis duabus asperis, ilia annulo nigro magna inclusa ; 

 posticce fascia mar ginali fuscescente. 



Female. Cinereous. Body beneath, legs beneath, and femora 

 white. Frontal tuft prominent. Palpi much longer than the 

 breadth of the head ; second joint obliquely ascending, with a 

 blackish stiipe on the outer side at the base, and with a tuft above 

 at the tip ; third linear, about half the length of the second, with 



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