LEPIDOPTEBA HETEROCERA. 1033 



ales fascia media fusca, antice subdentata postice subangulata, 

 linea exteriore albida fusco marginata antice undulata postice 

 angulata, spatio marginali albido strigas quatuor obscure 

 fuscas includente, margine exteriore subangulato ; anticm 

 lineis duabus basalibus albis fuscescente marginatis, macula 

 magna ochracea reniformem albam nigricante marginatam 

 includente. 



Male. Fawn-colour, mostly white beneath. Frontal tuft 

 prominent. Palpi erect, pubescent, rising very little higher than 

 the vertex; third joint elongate-conical, not more than one-fourth 

 of the length of the second. Antennae pectinated. Abdomen 

 hardly extending beyond the hind wings; hind borders of the seg- 

 ments whitish ; apical tuft very small. Legs rather stout ; femora 

 and tibiae fringed ; hind tibia? densely tufted. Wings with a 

 brown middle band, which is slightly dentate in the fore wings 

 and forms a slight angle in the hind wings; a whitish exterior 

 line, which is brown-bordered on the side and is undulating in the 

 fore wings, and forms a distinct angle in the hind wings; marginal 

 space irregularly whitish, including four semi fusiform dark brown 

 marginal streaks, of which the foremost is large, and the other 

 three very small, orbicular mark forming a black point ; exterior 

 border slightly angular in the middle. Fore wings hardly acute ; 

 two white brownish-bordered lines near the base, the second dislocated 

 in the middle ; reniform mark distinguished by an irregular white 

 blackish-bordered spot, which is partly enclosed in a larger ochraceous 

 spot. Length of the body 8 lines ; of the wings 20 lines. 



a. Ceylon. Presented by Dr. Templeton. 



Genus MARATHYSSA. 



Mas. Corpus robustum. Proboscis mediocris. Palpi validi, 

 pubescentes, vix ascendentes, caput longe superantes; articulus 3us 

 longi-conicus. Antennae subpectinatae. Abdomen alas posticas 

 paullo superans; segmenta 5um 6um et 7um subcristata ; fasciculus 

 apiealis parvus. Pedes robusti, breves ; femora subflmbriata ; cal- 

 caria longa, gracilia. Alas anticae longae, angusiae, vix acutae, mar- 

 gine exteriore subflexo. 



Male. Body stout. Proboscis of the usual length. Palpi 

 stout, pubescent, hardly ascending, extending much beyond the 

 head, but not longer than its breadth ; third joint elongate-conical, 

 about one-fourth of the length of the second. Antennae slightly 



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