LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 1381 



ASTURA GUTTATA LIS. 



Mas et foem. Ochracea aut pallide flava ; palpi robusti, arcuati, 

 ascendentes, articulo 2o apice nigro, 3o conico ; thorax nigro 

 sex guttatus ; abdomen guttis nigris trilineatum ; alee gutta 

 discali nigra lineisque tribus e guttis nigris variis ; anticce 

 lineis duabus nigris basalibus guttularibus* linea 4a valde flexa 

 apud costam subintegra. Mas. — Abdominis fasciculus apicalis 

 niger. Foem. — Alee anticce latiores. 



Male and female. Qchraceous, in some cases pale yellow. 

 Palpi stout, curved, applied to the head, not rising higher than the 

 vertex ; second joint with a broad black band at the tip ; third 

 conical, minute. Thorax with six black dots forming two transverse 

 lines. Abdomen extending much beyond the hiud wings, with 

 three stripes of black dots. Legs stout ; fore femora cupreous ; 

 fore tibiae cupreous towards the tips ; fore tarsi with cupreous bands ; 

 middle femora with a cupreous band ; middle knees cupreous. 

 Wings elongate, broad, with three irregular lines composed of 

 various-shaped black dots ; a black dot in the disk. Fore wings 

 acute, with two lines of black dots near the base ; fourth line much 

 bent, nearly entire towards the costa ; exterior border convex, rather 

 oblique. Male. — Abdomen with a black apical tuft. Fore wings 

 narrower than those of the female. Length of the body 6—9 lines ; 

 of the wings 12 — 18 lines. 



Mysol. Batchian. Aru. 



a. Ceram. From Mr. Wallace's collection. 



ASTURA SEM1FASCIALIS. 



Foem. Late luteo-flava ; palpi latiusculi, oblique ascendentes, 

 nigro late fasciati, verticem non superantes ; thorax nigro bi- 

 guttatus ; pedes argenteo-albi, antici supra nigricantes ; alee 

 linea submarginali subundulata e punctis nigricantibus, fim- 

 bria alba ; anticce vix acuta, punctis quatuor basalibus nigri- 

 cantibus, fascia fusca latissima dentata subexcavata ; posticce 

 lineis duabus undulatis e punctis nigricantibus. 



Female. Bright luteous-yellow. Body beneath and legs silvery 

 white. Palpi smooth, rather broad, obliquely ascending, not rising 

 so high as the vertex, with a broad black band on the outer side. 

 Antennae slender, rather long. Thorax with a black dot on each 



