LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 



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speckles. Abdomen glaucous-cinereous, yellow, with orange speckles 

 towards the base, dark cinereous towards the tip, extending much 

 beyond the hind wings. Fore tibia? and tips of the fore tarsi dark 

 cinereous. Wings orange-speckled on the yellow part, which occu- 

 pies less than half the surface from the base and is concisely limited 

 Ivan oblique black line; the latter is parallel to a line of black 

 points, which divides a glaucous-boary band from the exterior ferru- 

 ginous part; marginal points black, elongated ; under side indescent- 

 hoary, with two lines of black points. Fore wings with a little black 

 oblique costal streak at the end of the line of points. Length of the 

 body 4J lines ; of the wings 10 lines. 

 Java. Presented by the Secretary of the India Board. 



Genus MEGAPHYSA, C. L. H. xvii. 380. 



Megaphysa quadratalts. 



Fcem. Subochracea ; palpi porrecti, caput sat superantes, articulo 

 Soconico; alee anticce subfalcatce, nigro subconspersa, spatio 

 medio albido subhyalino fascias duas ochraceas antice con- 

 nexis postice remotis includente, fascia 2a brevissima lineam 

 emittente, plaga exteriore e atomis nigris, lineis tribus ochra- 

 ceis angulatis adhuc exterioribus, striga longitudinali albida 

 fere hyalina ; postica albidce, fere hyalina, lineis tribus och- 

 raceis abbreviatis. 



Female. Dull ochraceous. Palpi porrect, stout, extending 

 somewhat beyond the head ; third joint conical, very short. Abdo- 

 men extending for half its length beyond the hind wings. Fore 

 tibia? densely fringed. Fore wings subfalcate, thinly black-speckled ; 

 middle part of the disk whitish, nearly hyaline, including two och- 

 raceous bands, which are united near the costa and diverge from 

 each other towards the interior border; second band very short, 

 connected with the interior border by an undulating ochraceous 

 line ; an exterior patch of black speckles ; three more exterior angular 

 ochraceous lines, the second interrupted by a whitish nearly hyaline 

 streak, which is interrupted by the third ; marginal line brown ; 

 fringe partly clouded with brown ; exterior border undulating; inte- 

 rior border much excavated towards the tip. Hind wings whitish, 

 nearly hyaline, with three ochraceous lines, which are abbreviated 

 towards the interior border; first line undulating, near the second, 

 which is submarginal ; third marginal ; costa much dilated towards 





