LEPIDOPTERA HETER0CERA. 1165 



three brown slightly zigzag lines; first line antemedial ; second and 

 third postmedial, bordered with white on the outer side; second 

 retracted towards the costa of the fore wings ; marginal line brown. 

 Fore wings acute, with two black nearly contiguous dots in the disk. 

 Length of the body 3 lines; of the wings 8 lines. 



Nearly allied to B. Omariusalis. 



a. Ceylon. Presented by Dr. Templeton. 



Genus MEGATOMIS, C. L. H. xvi. 142. 



Megatomis? ferrigeralis. 



Fcem. Ccrvina, gracilis ; palpi graciles, arcuati, verticem longe 

 superantes, articulis \o 2oque supra fimbriatis, 3o lanceolato ; 

 antenna albidce, nigricante annulatce ; alee linea submarginali 

 cinerea angulosa, lunulis marginalibus nigris ; anticce subacutce, 

 lineis tribus nigricantibus, la 2ague subundulatis, 3a angu- 

 losa, orbiculari indistincta, reniformi e guttis duabus nigri- 

 cantibus albido marginatis ; posticce linea fusca angulosa. 



Female. Fawn-colour, slender, cinereous beneath. Palpi 

 slender, curved, much longer than the breadth of the head and 

 rising much higher than the vertex ; second and third joints fringed 

 above ; third lanceolate, much shorter and more slender than the 

 second. Antennae whitish, slender, with blackish rings. Abdomen 

 extending a little beyond the hind wings. Legs smooth, slender ; 

 tarsi brown, their joints with whitish tips. Wings with a cinereous 

 zigzag submarginal line and with black marginal lunules. Fore 

 wings slightly acute, with three blackish lines ; first and second lines 

 slightly undulating; third zigzag; orbicular and reniform marks 

 between the second and third lines, the former indistinct, the latter 

 represented by two blackish whitish-bordered dots, one behind the 

 other; exterior border convex, moderately oblique. Hind wings 

 with a brown zigzag line, which corresponds with the third line of 

 the fore wings. Length of the body 5 lines ; of the wings 11 lines. 



a. St. Domingo. From Mr. Tweedie's collection. 



Megatomis ? ferrilinealis. 



Mas. Cinerea ; palpi arcuati, verticem longissime superantes, 

 articulo So lanceolato fusco-bifasciato apicem versus fasci- 

 culate ; aim anticce lineis duabus ferrugineis, lineis duabus 

 exterioribus cinereis fusco vix marginatis, reniformi ferru- 

 ginea magna longiovata, lituris costalibus nigricantibus ; 



