LEP1D0PTERA HETEROCERA. 1353 



22. SCOTOSIA RUBRODOTATA. 



Foem. Cinereo-fusca ; palpi nigricantes, brevissimi, latissimi, 

 disjuncti; alee anticce acuta, lineis basalibus dentatis obscure 

 fuscis, spatio medio obscure coccineo plagam cinereo-fuscam, 

 includente, spatio margin ali fitsco lineam submarginalem 

 pallidum includente ; posticce tinctura marginali subcoccinea ; 

 margine exteriore dento.to. 



Female. Cinereous-brown. Palpi blackish, very short and 

 broad, apart from each other. Wings ample. Fore wings acute, 

 with some dark brown oblique dentate lines uear the base; middle 

 space dark crimson-red, bordered with dark brown, containing- a 

 cinereous-brown patch ; exterior line more deeply dentate than the 

 lines towards the base; marginal space brown, including the pale 

 subrnarginal line, which is very indistinct, except on the veins; 

 costa convex exteriorly ; exterior border hardly dentate, very oblique. 

 Hind wings with some undulating exterior pale lines, which are 

 most apparent on the veins; a crimson tinge along the exterior 

 border, which is dentate. Length of the body 9 lines ; of the wings 

 27 lines. 



a. Hindostan. Presented by Sir John Hearsay. 



23. SCOTOSIA PERSERRATA. 



Foem. Cervina ; palpi brevissimi, oblique ascendentes ; alee nigri- 

 cante subconspersce, linca exteriore, puncto discali lunuluque 

 marginalibus nigris, nebulis paucis exterioribus nigricantibus, 

 lituris paucis submarginalibus diffusis cinereis, margine ex- 

 teriore valde dentato ; anticce acutce, linea interiore nigra 

 biangulata, linea adhuc exteriore fusca, costam versus re- 

 tracta. 



Female. Fawn-colour, cinereous beneath. Palpi very short, 

 obliquely ascending; third joint very minute. Wings thinly 

 blackish-speckled, deeply dentate; exterior line and marginal 

 lunules black, with a few slight intermediate blackish shades : discal 

 point black ; a few diffuse cinereous marks along the exterior border* 

 Fore wings acute, with an interior black line, which emits two pro- 

 minent acute angles on its outer side, and is accompanied by a 

 brown line on its inner side; exterior line abruptly retracted 

 owards the costa, with three black streaks between its angle and 



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