LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 1471 



Male. Pale ochraceous-cinereous, more cinereous beneath. 

 Palpi porrect, slender, pilose, much shorter thau the breadth of the 

 head ; third joint lanceolate, less than half the length of the second. 

 Antennae setulose. Abdomen extending a little beyond the hind 

 wings ; apical tuft very small. Legs slender. Wings with blackish 

 marginal points. Fore wings acute, with a transversely elongated 

 brownish dot in the disk, and with an exterior oblique ochraceous 

 line, which is bent towards the costa ; exterior border straight, 

 rather oblique. Hind wings pale cinereous. Length of the body 

 5 lines ; of the wings 13 lines. 



a. Cape. From M. Drege's collection. 



SCOPULA EXIMIALIS. 



Foem. Late flava ; palpi rostriformes, basi subtus albi, capitis 

 latitudine non breviores ; antenna setulosce ; alee fimbria 

 argenteo-alba ; antica linea marginali nigra. Var. /3. — Alee 

 anticae linea ochracea postmedia valdefiexa. 



Female. Bright yellow, stout. Body silvery white beneath. 

 Palpi rostriform, porrect, as long as the breadth of the head, white 

 beneath at the base; third joint lanceolate, less than half the length 

 of the second. Antennas setulose. Abdomen not extending beyond 

 the hind wings. Legs silvery white. Wings with a silvery white 

 fringe. Fore wings acute, with a black marginal line. Var. £. — 

 Fore wings with a postmedial much outward-bent ochraceous line. 

 Length of the body 3J — 4 lines; of the wings 9 — 10 lines. 



a — c. Ceylon. Presented by Dr. Templeton. 



SCOPULA? SUFFUSALIS. 



Mas. Cervina, purpurascente chalybceoque nitens ; caput ochraceum, 

 orbitis albis ; fasciculus frontalis productus, acutus ; palpi 

 rostriformes, capitis latitudine multo longiores ; abdomen 

 aurato-cinereum ; al& lineis duabus cupreis, la antemedia 

 subrecta, 2a postmedia subundulata ; anticce reniformi sat 

 angusta cupreo marginata. 



Male. Fawn-colour, with purplish and chalybeous reflections, 

 gilded cinereous beneath. Head dull ochraceous, with a white line 

 along each eye ; frontal tuft very prominent and acute. Palpi 

 rostriform, much longer than the breadth of the head. Abdomen 

 gilded cinereous. Wings with two cupreous lines ; first line ante- 



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