LEPIDOPTBRA HETEROCERA. 973 



GftAMMODES MUNDICOLOR. 



Fcem. Luteo-testacea ; thorax lituris duabus humeralibus fascia- 

 que lata nigris ; alee anticce maculis duabus trigonis costalibus 

 nigris. 



Female. Luteous-testaceous, brighter beneath. Third joint of 

 the palpi a little less than half the length of the second. Thorax 

 with a broad black band in front and with a black mark on each 

 shoulder. Fore tarsi black above ; posterior tarsi brown. Wings 

 with black marginal points. Fore wings with two black costal tri- 

 angular spots ; the first middle, longer and more irregular than the 

 second, which is apical. Wings beneath with a diffuse blackish 

 apical tinge. Length of the body 5 lines; of the wings 14 lines. 



Ceylon. In Mr. Layard's collection. 



Grammodes excavata. 



Fcem. Fuscescente-cinerea ; alee anticce fuscce, triente basali 

 fuscescente-cinerea lineas fuscas denticulatas includente, spatio 

 costali lineisque tribus exterioribus cinereis, maculis tribus 

 atris cinereo marginatis, orbiculari e puncto nigro ; postica 

 cinereo-fuscce. 



Female. Brownish cinereous. Palpi slender, smooth, nearly 

 erect, rising a little higher than the vertex; third joint lanceolate, 

 about half the length of the second. Legs smooth. Wings with a 

 cinereous marginal festoon. Fore wings acute, with six slight den- 

 ticulated brown lines near the base ; nearly two-thirds of the exte- 

 rior surface brown, including a cinereous costal space and three 

 cinereous lines ; first and second lines parallel, straight and nearly 

 contiguous, except near the costa, where the first is abruptly 

 retracted; third submarginal, slightly zigzag; marginal lunules 

 blackish, cinereous- bordered ; three irregular deep black cinereous- 

 bordered spots on the inner side of the first line ; orbicular forming 

 a black point ; some cinereous points on the exterior part of the 

 costa ; exterior border very slightly oblique. Hind wings cinereous- 

 brown, Length of the body 5 lines ; of the wings 14 lines. 



a. South Hindostan. Presented by M.J. Walhouse, Esq. 



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