LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERAi 1299 



the base ; fringe white at the tip of the wing. Length of the body 

 5 lines; of the wings 11 lines. 



a. Bootan. Presented by the Secretary of the India Board. 



M DIODES ^QUALIS. 



Mas. Cupreo'fusca, robusta, purpureo suffusa ; palpi lati, breves, 

 vix ascendentes ; abdomen alas posticas longe superans^ fascia 

 subapicali alba, fasciculo apicali compresso ; alee latiusculce, 

 fimbria apud angulum interiorem alba ; anticce maculis tribus 

 transversis albis, la 2a que pat 'vis, 3a magna; posticce maculis 

 duabus magnis transversis albis, 



Male. Cupreous-brown, stout, purple-tinged. Body beneath 

 and legs silvery white. Palpi broad, hardly ascending, white be- 

 neath, much shorter than the breadth of the head ; third joint 

 extremely short. Antennae setose. Abdomen extending somewhat 

 beyond the hind wings, with a white subapical band ; apical tuft 

 compressed. Legs stout; fore femora with cupreous tips; fore 

 tibiae cupreous, except at the base. Wings rather broad ; fringe 

 white towards the interior angle. Fore wings hardly acute, with 

 three transverse white iridescent semihyaline spots in the disk ; first 

 and second spots small, antemedial ; third postmedial, large, narrower 

 in front. Hind wings with two large transversely elongated white 

 semihyaline spots ; first spot very near the base ; second in the 

 middle. Length of the body 4 J lines ; of the wings 11 lines. 



New Guinea. In Mr. Saunders' collection. 



jEdiodes mysolalis. 



Mas. Pallide flava ; caput et thorax ochraceo conspersa ; palpi 

 robusti, arcuati, verticem non attingentes, articulo So longi- 

 conico ; ala? purpurascentes, basi pallide fiavce ochraceo con- 

 spersa, atomis nonnullis disco fuscis, linea exteriore undulata 

 e punctis nigris ; antics plaga discali pallide flava ochraceo 

 conspersa. 



Male. Pale yellow, silvery cinereous beneath. Head, palpi 

 and thorax speckled with ochraceous. Palpi stout, squamous, 

 curved, applied to the head, not rising so high as the vertex; third 

 joint elongate-conical, less than half the length of the second. An- 

 tennae pubescent. Fore tibiae ochraceous, brown towards the tips; 

 fore tarsi whitish, brown at the tips. Wings purplish, pale yellow 

 and with ochraceous speckles towards the base ; some brown speckles 



