LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 939 



zigzag submarginal line of whitish speckles; fringe white about the 

 tip. Length of the body 13 lines; of the wings 32 lines. 



a. Ceylon. From Mr. Stevens' collection. 



Genus TAVIA, C. L. H. x\v. 1275. 



Tavia punctosa. 



Mas. Ferruginea ; alee punctis submarginalibus albis nigra 

 notatis ; anticce albo conspersce, lineis transversis fuscis uudu- 

 latis, gutta punctisgue discalibus viridescente-albis, plaga 

 poslica purpurascenle viridescenle albo notata, punctis costali- 

 bus albis ; posticce fusca?, striga poslica obliqua cervina. 



Male. Ferruginous, paler beneath. Palpi blackish, obliquely 

 ascending, vising higher than ihe vertex, tawny beneath ; third joint 

 linear, tawny at the tip, much shorter and more slender than the 

 second. Antenna? brown, densely setose, tawny beneath. Wings 

 with white black-marked submarginal points ; exterior border 

 slightly festooned. Fore wings minutely white-speckled, with 

 several undulating transverse brown lines of various breadth ; a 

 greenish white distal dot accompanied by some greenish white 

 points ; a purplish patch marked with greenish white in the centre 

 on the interior border near the base ; seven while costal points. 

 Hind wings brown, with an oblique fawn-coloured streak by the 

 interior angle. Length of the body 10 lines; of the wings 24 

 lines. 



Hindostan. In Mr. Atkinson's collection. 



Tavia dubitaria. 



Mas. Ferrugineo-fasca ; alee punctis submarginalibus albis nigro 

 notatis, linea marginali fusca, fimbria interlineata, margine 

 exteriore subdentato ; antica? subacula, purpurascente tinctce, 

 lineis transversis arneis dentalis, earurn duabus apud costam 

 nigricantibus dilatatis, lineis duabus basalibus, fascia linea- 

 que submarginali angulosis nigricantibus ; posticce lineis 

 quatuor fuscis denticutatis. 



Male. Ferruginous-brown, paler beneath. Palpi ascending 

 much higher than the vertex; third joint linear, much more than 

 half the length of the second. Antennae stout, with little tufts of 

 bristles along each side. Wings with white-black-marked submar- 

 ginal points, and with a brown festooned marginal line ; fringe 

 interlined with brown ; exterior border slightly festooned. Fore 



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