LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 1 3 4 f> 



atvs ; abdomen ochraceum^ basi pallide testaceum^ macula sub- 

 apicali nigra; aim lineis tribus fuscis dentatis,2a valde flexa, 

 linea marginali fusca puncta nigra includente, orbiculari et 

 reniformi fusco rnarginatis, fimbria fuscescente interlineata ; 

 antivce lineis duabus basalibus ochraceis dentatis apud costam 

 fuscis. 



Female, Pale buff- colour. Body beneath and legs silvery 

 white. Palpi stout, with two brown bands, obliquely ascending, not 

 rising higher than the vertex ; third joint very minute. Thorax 

 with two ochraceous bands. Abdomen extending much beyond the 

 hind wings, ochraceous except at the base, with a black subapical 

 spot. Fore knees, tips of the fore tibiae and of the joints of the fore 

 tarsi black. Wings rather broad, with three dentate brown lines; 

 second line deeply bent outward ; marginal line brown, including 

 minute black points; orbicular and reniform marks brown-bordered, 

 less regular in the hind wings than in the fore wings ; fringe inter- 

 lined with pale brown. Fore wings acute ; two ochraceous dentate 

 lines near the base, brown towards the costa ; exterior border con- 

 vex, slightly oblique. Length of the body 6 lines ; of the wings 

 14 lines. 



a. Hindostan. Presented by Sir J. Hearsey. 



Zebronia abraxalis. 



Mas. Alba ; palpi ascendentes, robusti, subareuati, articulo 2o 

 basi fusco, So parvo lanceolato ; antenna? nodo parvo antemedio ; 

 thorax antice fusco trimaculatus ; a la fusco fimbriate ; antica? 

 fasciis quinque fuscis, Sa Aaque macularibus, 5a marginali 

 postice attenuata ; anticm macula antemedia, fascia postmedia 

 undulata, striga transversa subapicali fasciaque marginali 

 fuscis, plaga apud angulum interiorem ochracea maculas tres 

 nigricantes includente. 



Male. White. Palpi stout, slightly curved, applied to the head, 

 not rising higher than the vertex; second joint brown towards the 

 base ; third lanceolate, not more than one-fourth of the length of the 

 second. Antennae slightly incrassated at one-third of the length 

 from the base. Thorax with three brown spots in front. Wings 

 broad ; fringe brown. Fore wings slightly acute, with five brown 

 bands; first and second bands entire ; third and fourth each com- 

 posed of three spots; fifth marginal, entire, tapering towards the 

 interior angle ; exterior holder slightly convex, moderately oblique. 



