LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 1423 



fuscis, \a et 2a dentatis nigro marginatum 3a marginalia costa 

 subconvexa ; posticce albido-cinerece, tinea exteriore fusceseente 

 denticulata indistincta. 



Male. Cinereous. Head and thorax blackisb-speckled. Palpi 

 blackish, short, broad, rostriform. Antennae very minutely pubes- 

 cent. Wings thinly and minutely blackish-speckled, with the sub- 

 marginal line whitish, deeply zigzag, very indistinct in the hind 

 wings ; marginal line black, interrupted on each vein. Fore wings 

 acute, with three brown bauds, of which the first and second are 

 bounded by dentate black lines ; third band marginal, darkest in 

 front ; discal streak black in the second band ; costa and exterior 

 border slightly convex, the latter rather oblique. Hind wings 

 whitish cinereous, with an indistinct exterior denticulated brownish 

 line. Length of the body 6 lines ; of the wings 16 lines. 



97. ClDARIA SCITISIGNATA. 



Mas. Albida ; caput nigrum ; palpi longi, compressi, sat graci- 

 les, articulo So lanceolate* ; antennce breves, pectinatce ; alat 

 elongates, lineis tribus nigris undulatis denticulaiis, la 2aqve 

 interruptis, plagis submarginalibus plagaque marginali fuscis, 

 lunula discali magna nigro marginata ; antica apice rotun- 

 datce, costa nigro notata, margine exteriore perobliquo. 



Male. Whitish. Head, palpi and antennae black. Palpi por- 

 rect, compressed, rather slender, a little longer than the breadth of 

 the head ; third joint lanceolate, nearly half the length of the 

 second. Antennae short, moderately pectinated. Wings elongate ; 

 interior, middle and exterior lines black, denticulate, undulating, 

 the two former incomplete ; some brown submarginal patches, in 

 which the whitish zigzag submarginal line is visible ; a brown 

 patch on the middle of the exterior border; discal lunule large, of 

 the ground-colour, black-bordered ; fringe with blackish dots. Fore 

 wings rounded at the tips ; costa with black marks ; exterior border 

 slightly convex, very oblique. Hind wings with the discal lunule 

 wholly black hindward. Length of the body 4 lines ; of the wings 

 12 lines. 





