964 CATALOGUE OF 



lating, very indistinct; a ferruginous-brown black-bordered patch 

 in the interior part, joining the interior border, and excavated on 

 the outer side ; two ochraceous marks on the costa ; marginal points 

 black; reniform mark indicated by a black point. Hind wings 

 cinereous, brown towards the exterior border; fringe testaceous. 

 Length of the body 6 lines ; of the wings 13 lines. 



Ceylon. In Mr. Layard's collection. 



Hyp^etra alien a. 



Foem. Subcervino-cinerea ; thorax f us co bifasciatus; abdomen bast 

 fusco maculafum ; alee fascia nigricante obliqua. indeterminata, 

 punctis submarginalibus nigricantibus ; antica elongate, 

 acuta, fascia apud costam dilafatalineam cineream undulatam 

 includente, fascia interiore albida nigricante marginata gut- 

 tarn nigricantitm> includente ; postica fascia antica submar- 

 ginali lata fusca, plaga postica submarginali albida fasciam 

 nigricantem angulosam includente. 



Female. Cinereous, with a tinge of fawn-colour, yellowish 

 cinereous beneath. Palpi obliquely ascending, rising higher than 

 the vertex; second joint broad, pubescent, with a brown spot on the 

 outer side near the tip ; third linear, obtuse, less than half the length 

 of the second. Antenna? very minutely setulose. Thorax with two 

 brown bands in front. Abdomen with a brown basal spot, tapering 

 from the base to the tip, extending a little beyond the hind wings. 

 Legs slender; femora and tibiae fringed. Wings with an irregular 

 oblique blacken band, which is only slightly indicated in the hind 

 wings ; submargina] points blackish. Fore wings elongated, acute ; 

 the band including a cinereous hardly undulating line, very 

 irregular on its outer side, much dilated along the costa towards 

 the tip, including three white costal points and an oblique slightly 

 undulating cinereous line, which proceeds from the costa ; a whitish 

 band along the inner side of the first band, containing a blackish 

 dot near the fore part of its interior border, which is blackish- 

 bordered ; exterior border very oblique. Hind wings with a broad 

 brown submaiginal band in front; hind part with a large submar- 

 ginal whitish patch, which is bordered on the inner side by a zigzag 

 blackish line, and contains a zigzag blackish band. Length of the 

 body 9 lines ; of the wings 20 lines. 



a. North Hindostan. From Mr. James' collection. 



