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LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 1069 



joint lanceolate, nearly as long as the second. Abdomen brown 

 except at the base, not extending beyond the hind wings; apical 

 tuft very small. Legs smooth. Wings brown, with a pale ochra- 

 ceous stripe which occupies the base of the wings and extends along 

 the costa of the fore wings almost to the tip; a blackish dentate 

 undulating postmedial line, and an exterior denticulated cinereous 

 line ; marginal lunules black ; fringe alternately brown and pale 

 ochraceous. Fore wings acute, with an oblique white submarginal 

 streak ; exterior border convex, slightly oblique. Length of the body 

 6 lines ; of the wings 14 lines. 



a, Hindostan. From Archdeacon Clerk s collection. 



Selenis semilux. 



Mas. Fusca ; palpi erecti, verticem non superantes, articulo So 

 lineari 2i dimidio non longiore ; thorax testaceo-albus f antice 

 fuscus ; alee vitta lata testaceo-alba, lineis duabus fuscis 

 angulosis post mediis, punctis marginalibus nigricantibus 

 albido marginatis ; antica? guttis duabus costalibus nigris. 



Male. Brown, dark cinereous beneath. Palpi pubescent, 

 erect, not rising higher thau the vertex ; third joint linear, about 

 half the length of the second. Thorax testaceous-white, except the 

 fore tegulae. Abdomen hardly extending beyond the hind wing-s; 

 apical tuft small. Legs stout, smooth. Wings with a broad testa- 

 ceous white stripe, which occupies the base of the hind wings and 

 extends along the costa of the fore wings ; two zigzag brown oblique 

 postmedial lines, the first apparent in the stripe, where it is retracted 

 to the costa ; marginal points blackish, whitish-bordered on the 

 outer side; under side with a blackish dot and an exterior undu- 

 lating blackish line. Fore wings acute, with two black costal dots, 

 one before the middle, the other joining the first line; three white 

 costal points near the tip. Length of the body 3 lines; of the 

 wings 8 lines. 



a. Ceylon. Presented by Dr. Templeton. 



Selenis niviapex. 



Mas. Cervina ; palpi oblique ascendentes, verticem paullo super- 

 antes, articulo So lineari 2i dimidio breviore ; thorax albus y 

 antice cervinus ,• ala? vitta alba diffusa abbreviata fusco 



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