LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 1495 



Gynopteryx? SUBOBSCURATA. 



Mas. Ochracea ,* caput antice saturate rufum; palpi porrecli, 

 brevissimi, gracillimi ; antenna latissime pectinatce ; alee am- 

 plcei fuscescente subnebulosa, tinea recta obliqua ferruyinea ; 

 anticce falcatce, linea submaryinali arcuata e punctis nigris, 

 yutta discali nigricante ; poslica macula discali magna nigri- 

 cante. 



Male. Ocbraceous, much paler beneath. Head deep red in 

 front. Palpi porrect, very short and slender, not extending to the 

 front. Antennae very broadly pectinated. Abdomen with a sub- 

 quadrate apical tuft. Wings very ample, here and there slightly 

 brownish-clouded, with a straight ferruginous line, which extends 

 from near the tip of the costa of tbe fore wings to a little beyond 

 one-fourth of the length of the interior border of the bind wings. 

 Fore wings falcate, with a curved submargiual line of black points ; 

 discal dot blackish ; exterior border convex. Hind wings extend- 

 ing beyond the abdomen, with a large blackish discal spot ; interior 

 angle prominent. Length of the body 6 liues ; of the wings 20 

 lines. 



«. South Hindostan. Presented by M. J. Walhouse, Esq. 



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Epione Liboraria. 



Fcem. Cervina ; palpi graciles, breves, ascenclentes ; alee nigra 

 conspersce, gutta discali nigricante, lineis tribus ochraceis in- 

 distinciis obliquis subrectis ; antica? plaga subapicaii nigra 

 ochraceo varia lineolam angulalam cineream includente, mar- 

 gine exteriore perobliguo. 



Female. Fawn-colour, much paler beneath. Palpi slender, 

 ascending, uot rising higher than the vertex. Wings minutely 

 biack-speckled ; discal dot blackish, largest in the hind win«s ; 

 basal interior and exterior lines ocbraceous, indistinct, oblique, 

 nearly straight and parallel ; under side with a very indistinct 

 darker submarginal baud. Fore wings acute, with a black sub- 

 apical patch, which is varied with ocbraceous and is intersected by 

 the commencement of a zigzag cinereous line ; exterior border very 

 oblique. Length of the body 5 lines ; of the wings 16 lines. 



a. St. Domingo. From Mr. Tweedie's collection. 



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