LEPIDOPTERA HETERQCERA. 1473 



Male. Cupreous, silvery cinereous beneath. Palpi porrect, 

 rostriform, slender, squamous, nearly as long as the breadth of the 

 head; third joint lanceolate, much shorter than the second. Abdo- 

 men silvery cinereous, extending much beyond the hind wings. 

 Legs smooth, stout. Fore wings rather narrow, hardly acute, with a 

 broad whitish iridescent middle band, which contains a cupreous 

 subcostal spot ; two oblique brown streaks near the tip, and an in- 

 complete whitish submarginal line ; exterior border slightly convex 

 and oblique. Hind wings white, with a broad cupreous border. 

 Length of the body 5£ lines ; of the wings 12 lines. 



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



SCOPULA NEXALIS. 



Foem. Pallide testacea ; palpi por recti, lati, pilosi ; alee anticce 

 latce, acuta, ockraceo pallido suffusce, striga postmedia fusca 

 transversa, linea adhuc exteriore e punctis fuscis, punctis mar- 

 ginalibus obscure fuscis ulbido notatis, margine exteriore sub- 

 flexo ; posticce pallide cervina?, margine exteriore postico 

 truncato. 



Female. Pale testaceous. Body beneath and legs whitish. 

 Palpi porrect; second joint broad, pilose. Abdomen extendiug a 

 little beyond the hind wings. Legs stout, smooth ; spurs long. 

 Wings broad. Fore wings acute, partly and towards the exterior 

 border wholly suffused with pale ochraceous ; a transverse brown 

 antemedial streak ; an undulating more exterior line of brown points ; 

 marginal points dark brown, whitish-marked ; exterior border straight 

 in front, slightly curved and oblique hindward. Hind wings pale 

 fawn-colour; exterior border slightly truncated along half its length 

 from the interior angle. Length of the body 5 lines ; of the wings 

 11 lines. 



Sarawak, Borneo. In Mr. Saunders' collection. 



SCOPULA HASTIFERALIS. 



Mas. Albida ; palpi subdecumbentes, fuscescente trifasciati ; alee 

 anticce cinerece, dimidio basali fuscescente vittam albidam 

 includente, linea exteriore Jlexa fuscescente marginata lineaque 

 submarginali angulosis albidis ; posticce cinerece, semihya- 

 lince. 



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