LEPIDOPTEKA HETEROCERA. 1221 



Gabala POLYSPILALIS. 



Mas. Ochracea ; caput vertice albo lineis duabus ockraceis, linea 

 antica transversa alba ; palpi fuscescent.es ; thorax lineis tri- 

 bus transversis ockraceis ; abdomen ochraceo vittatum ; ahe 

 anticce maculis guttisque argenteo-albis, lineis duabus post- 

 mediis angulosis pallide ockraceis ; posticae, albce, ochraceo 

 marginatce. 



Male. Ochraceous, silvery white beneath. Head with the 

 vertex and a transverse line in front silvery white; vertex with two 

 ochraceous lines which converge hindward. Palpi brownish, white 

 beneath towards the base. Thorax white, with three transverse 

 irregular ochraceous lines. Abdomen white, with an indeterminate 

 ochraceous stripe. Fore wings with several silvery white spots and 

 dots near the base and along the costa and the exterior border ; two 

 indistinct zigzag postmedial pale ochraceous lines, which are ac- 

 companied by some black speckles. Hind wings white, ochraceous 

 towards the exterior border. Length of the body 6 lines ; of the 

 wings 12 lines. 



a, Hindostan. From the Entomological Society's collection. 



Genus THELDA. 



Mas. Corpus gracile. Proboscis mediocris. Palpi graciles, 

 porrecti, capitis latitudine multo breviores ; articulus 2us subtus 

 late firubriatus; 3us longi-conicus, brevissimus. Antennae graciles, 

 costatae, fasciculo parvo antemedio. Abdomen lanceolatum, alas 

 posticas paullo superans; fasciculus apicalis parvus, compressus. 

 Pedes longi, graciles, laeves ; tibiae mediae dilatatae ; tibiae posticae 

 apud medium dense fasciculatae ; calcaria longa, gracilia. Alae an- 

 ticae acutae, sat angustae, costa basi subconvexa, margine exteriore 

 vix convexo sat obliquo; posticae costa basi dilatata, margine exte- 

 riore subcaudato. 



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

 slender, porrect, very much shorter than the breadth of the head ; 

 second joint broadly fringed beneath ; third elongate-conical, not 

 more than one-sixth of the length of the second. Antennae slender, 

 ribbed, with a minute tuft at a little beyond one-third of the length. 

 Abdomen lanceolate, extending a little beyond the hind wings ; 

 apical tuft small, compressed. Legs smooth, long, slender; middle 

 tibiae dilated ; hind tibiae densely tufted along the middle part ; 



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