lepidoptera heterocera. 1061 



Thermesta Ceylonica. 



Foem. Cinereo-cervina ; caput et thorax an ticus obscure cinerea ; 

 palpi caput valde superantes, articulo So 2o vix breviore ; ala 

 la tee, nigro conspersa, line a recta obliqua nigricante, linea 

 submarginali pallide cinerea angulosa indistincta, punctis 

 snbmarginalibus nigris. 



Female. Cinereous-fawn-colour. Head and fore part of the 

 thorax dark cinereous. Palpi hardly curved, extending very high 

 above the head, and much longer than its breadth ; third joint 

 nearly as long as the second. Abdomen not extending beyond the 

 hind wings. Wings broad, minutely black-speckled, with a straight 

 blackish line, which extends from the middle of the interior border 

 of the hind wings to the tips of the fore wings; an indistinct pale 

 cinereous zigzag suhmarginal line; submarginal points black. 

 Length of the body 7 lines ; of the wings 16 lines. 



a. Ceylon. Presented by Dr. Templeton. 



Thermesia scitula. 



Mas. Cinereo-rufescens; palpi subarcuati, verticem longe 

 superantesy articulo 3o lanceolato ; antennce setosa? ; pedes sat 

 graciles ; alee rufo conapersce, lineis duabus denticulatis rufisj 

 fascia intermedia diffusa rufescente, puncto nigro, linea sub- 

 marginali alba angulosa. 



Male. Cinereous-reddish. Body whitish cinereous beneath. 

 Palpi pubescent, slightly curved, ascending much higher than the 

 vertex ; third joint lanceolate, a little more than half the length of 

 the second. Antennae setose. Abdomen cinereous, not extending 

 beyond the hind wings. Legs rather slender ; hind tibiae with four 

 very long and slender spurs. Wings red-speckled, with two den- 

 ticulate red lines, with an intermediate narrow diffuse reddish band, 

 with a black point on the outer side of the band, with a zigzag sub- 

 marginal white line, and with marginal black points. Length of 

 the body 7 lines ; of the wings 16 lines. 



a. Ceylon. Presented by Dr. Templeton. 



Thermesia soluta. 



Mas. Ferruginea; palpi subarcuati, articulo So pubescente 2o 

 non breviore; alee teslacece, nigro subconspersce, fusco sub- 



