LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 923 



with some black zigzag indeterminate lines between the base and a 

 cinereous band, which is black-bordered on the inner side and is 

 connected with the inner side of the reniform mark ; the latter is 

 large, black-bordered and of the usual shape; an exterior cinereous 

 black-bordered dentate line, which joins the band near the interior 

 border, but recedes much from it towards the costa; submarginal 

 line cinereous, zigzag ; marginal lunules black. Hind wings 

 cupreous-brown ; fringe pale cinereous. Length of the body 

 9 lines ; of the wings 22 lines. 



a. Hindostan. From Archdeacon Clerk's collection. 



Steiria quadristrigata. 



Foem. Fusca ; palpi oblique ascendentes, verticem sat superantes, 

 articulo So lineari ; abdomen basi crisiatum ; ala? anticce 

 fuscescente-cinerea, chalyb&o suffusce, striga nigra lata obli- 

 qua, lineis angulosis nigricantibus, reniformi nigricante mar- 

 ginata, fascia submarginali lata obscure fusca nigricante 

 marginata antice abbreviata, spatio marginali purpuras cente- 

 fusco ; postica? cinerece, subhyalince, cupreo-fusco late mar- 

 ginata, fimbria albida. 



Female. Brown, cinereous beneath. Palpi obliquely ascending, 

 rising rather higher than the vertex ; third joint linear, about one- 

 third of the length of the second. Abdomen crested at the base, 

 not extending beyond the hind wings. Fore wings brownish cine- 

 reous, chalybeous-tinged, with a broad black streak extending.from 

 the base to the reniform mark and interrupting some blackish zigzag 

 lines; reniform blackish-bordered, of the usual shape; a submar- 

 ginal broad oblique irregular dark brown band, which is black- 

 bordered and is abbreviated towards the costa ; marginal space 

 purplish brown. Hind wings cinereous, slightly hyaline, with a 

 broad cupreous-brown border; fringe whitish. Length of the body 

 9 lines ; of the wings 22 lines. 



Hindostan. In Mr. Saunders' collection. 



Steiria boarmioides. 



Foem. Cinereo-fusca ; palpi Iceves, graciles, suberecti, verticem 

 paullo superantes, articulo 3o lanceolato ; ala? anticce cinerece, 

 fusco conspersa?, fasciis duabus e lineis fuscis subundulatis, 

 linea submarginali cinerea angulosa indistincta ; posticce 

 albidce, fusco latissime marginata. 



