LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 977 



brownish ; marginal line brown. Length of the body 8 lines ; of 



the wings 19 lines. 



a. Ceylon. Presented by F. Layard, Esq. 



Genus MASSALA. 



Mas. Corpus robustum. Fasciculus frontalis subproductus. 

 Proboscis mediocris. Palpi validi, pubescentes, oblique ascendentes, 

 verticem longe superantes ; articulus 3us linearis, 2i dimidio paullo 

 longior. Antennae validae, setosae. Abdomen alas posticas longe 

 superans ; fasciculus apicalis elongatus, subcompressus. Pedes 

 robusti, fimbriati ; calcaria longa, valida. Alae anticse elongata?, 

 acutae, margine exteriore subconvexo perobliquo. 



Male. Body stout. Frontal tuft slightly prominent. Proboscis 

 of the usual length. Palpi stout, pubescent, obliquely ascending, 

 rising much higher than the vertex; third joint linear, a little 

 more than half the length of the second. Antennae stout, setose. Ab- 

 domen extending much beyond the hind wings; apical tuft elongate, 

 slightly compressed. Legs stout; femora and tibia? fringed ; spurs 

 long, stout. Wings elongate. Fore wings acute ; exterior border 

 very slightly convex, very oblique; second inferior vein contiguous 

 to the first at the base, a short distance from the third ; fourth 

 remote. 



MASSALA DIM1DIATA. 



Mas. Cervina; abdomen fuscum, apice cervinum ; alee fascia 

 fusca lata perobliqua, punctis marginalibus nigris ; anticce 

 fascia albido diffuse marginata reniformem cervinam nigro 

 notatam includente, punctis duobus basalibus nigris, strigis 

 duabus costalibus fuscis lineaque intermedia nigra. 



Male. Fawn-colour, paler beneath. Abdomen brown, except 

 towards the tip. Tarsi brown ; their joints with pale tips. Wings 

 with a broad brown very oblique band ; marginal points black, 

 minute ; under side with a black discal point, which is largest in 

 the hind wings, and with an exterior brown denticulated line. Fore 

 wings with two oblique costal streaks, and with an intermediate 

 black line, which is interrupted by the reniform mark, and is re- 

 tracted in front of the latter; a diffuse whitish tinge along the 

 outer side of the band ; reniform mark in the band, irregular, fawn- 

 colour, transversely marked with black on the inner side ; two black 



