LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 1523 



Female. Pale cinereous fawn-colour. Head rather darker. 

 Palpi porrect, not extending beyond the head ; third joint very 

 minute. Legs smooth, slender. Wings very ample, with a large 

 elongated fawn-coloured discal ringlet ; middle line fawn-coloured, 

 undulating, indistinct ; exterior line brown, denticulated ; submar- 

 ginal line cinereous, zigzag; interior angle prominent. Fore wings 

 falcate, very acute; costa convex. Hind wings extending beyond 

 the abdomen. Length of the body 6 lines ; of the wings 22 lines. 



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



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Tacpaeia? feontisignata. 



Fcem. Schistaceo-cinerea ; caput nigro fasciatum ; palpi caput 

 sat superantes ; alee latiusculce, nigro conspersee, linea exte- 

 riore ferruginea vix undulata cinereo pallido marginafa, punc- 

 tis marginalibus nigris ; anticce subfalcatce, linea interiore, 

 spatio inter lineas purpurascente-cinereo, striga discali nigri- 

 cante. 



Female. Slaty cinereous. Head with a black band in front. 

 Palpi porrect, compressed, nearly as long as the breadth of the 

 head; third joint conical, minute. Legs smooth, rather slender ; 

 spurs long. Wings black- speckled, rather broad ; exterior line fer- 

 ruginous, hardly undulating, bordered with pale cinereous on the 

 outer side ; marginal points black. Fore wings subfalcate ; interior 

 line ferruginous, nearly straight ; space between the lines purplish 

 cinereous ; discal streak transverse, blackish ; an incomplete sub- 

 marginal line of black points. Length of the body 5 lines ; of the 

 wings 14 lines. 



a. Moreton Bay. From Mr. Diggles' collection. 



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ChnzA Pachiaeia. 



Var. Mas. Viridescente-Jlava, subtus lutea ; alee linea viridi 

 albido submarginata ; untica macula subapicali alba, plaga 

 submarginali viridi. 



Var. Male. Greenish yellow, luteous beneath. Wings with a 

 green line, which is indistinctly whitish-bordered. Fore wings with 

 a white subapical spot, and with a green patch near the fore part of 

 the exterior border. 



6, c. Darjeeling. Presented by the Secretary of the India Board. 



