LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 1215 



of tbe head, rising a little higher than the vertex; second joint 

 slender; third subclavate, very slender, rather longer than the 

 second. Antennse slender. Abdomen extending a little beyond 

 the hind wings. Legs smooth, slender, rather long ; spurs long, 

 slender. Wings rather broad. Fore wings slightly rounded at the 

 tips ; costa convex ; exterior border slightly convex, rather oblique ; 

 first, second and third inferior veins contiguous at the base; fourth 

 remote from the third. 



Ballatha ateotumens. 



Foem. Cervina ; caput et thorax chalybceo micantia ; abdomen 

 luteum; alee anticce fascia lata purpurascente-cinerea antice 

 furcata, plaga basali, fascia obliqua antice abbreviata strigis- 

 que tribus e squamis chali/bceis, macula postica atra tumida, 

 macula apicali atra testaceo interlineata et marginata ; 

 posticce testacece, vitta lata obscure fusca nonnunquam abbre- 

 viata. 



Female. Fawn-colour, luteous beneath. Head and thorax 

 with glittering chalybeous scales. Abdomen luteous. Fore wings 

 with a broad purplish cinereous band, which is forked in front, and 

 of which one part joins the costa at two-thirds of the length, and 

 the other joins the fore part of the exterior border ; a patch on the 

 base of the wing, a postmedial oblique band, which is abbreviated 

 towards the costa, a transverse streak in ihe disk and two oblique 

 costal streaks of glittering chalybeous scales; a tumid deep black 

 spot on the middie of the interior border, and an elliptic deep black 

 apical spot, the latter interlined and bordered with testaceous. 

 Hind wings testaceous, with a broad irregular dark brown stripe, 

 which is sometimes abbreviated. Length of the body 7 lines ; of 

 the wings 17 lines. 



a. Ceylon. Presented by Dr. Templeton. 



6. Ceylon. From the Rev. J. Wenham's collection. 



c. Ceylon. From Mr. Cuming's collection. 



Ballatha l^ta. 



Foem. Rufescente- cervina ; abdomen aurato-jlavum ; alee anticce 

 apice aurato-cinereo suffusce^ punctis duobus nigricantibus, 

 strigis duabus cinereis obliquis fusco marginatis, subtus nigri- 

 cantes linea subcostali plagaque apicali aurato-flavis. 



