LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 1561 



Female. Pale testaceous, rather stout, paler beneath. Head 

 deep black in front. Palpi porrect, much shorter than the breadth 

 of the head ; third joint lanceolate, much shorter than the second. 

 Antennae stout. Legs smooth; hind tibiae with four rather short 

 spurs. Wings ample, greenish exteriorly, with an indistinct denti- 

 culated exterior whitish line; marginal line black, slender; fringe 

 whitish cinereous ; under side with a broad blackish submarginal 

 baud, which is abbreviated in front. Fore wings subfalcate, very 

 acute; costa straight, blackish-speckled; exterior border straight, 

 very oblique. Hind wings extending very much beyond the abdo- 

 men, with the exterior border produced into a short tail. Length of 

 the body 6 lines ; of the wings 20 lines. 



a. Silhet. From the Kev. J. Stainforth's collection. 



Thalassodes macruraria. 



Pallide viridis ; caput antice rufum ; antenna pubescentes ; tibia 

 posticce bicalcaratce ; alee amplce, fascia subochracea dentata 

 undulaia, gutta discali lineaque marginali fuscis ; anticce 

 subfalcatce, fascia interiore subochracea, costa fusco conspersa, 

 margme exteriore subdentato ; posticce margine exteriore sat 

 dentato, 



Male. Pale green, pale testaceous when faded. Head deep 

 red in front. Palpi porrect, not extending beyond the head ; third 

 joint extremely short. Antennae stout, minutelv pubescent. Abdo- 

 men with a very small apical tuft. Legs smooth ; hind tibiae with 

 two moderately long spurs. Wings ample, with a dentate un- 

 dulating pale dull ochraceous band ; discal dot and marginal line 

 dark brown. Fore wings acute, subfalcate, with an interior pale 

 ochraceous band ; costa straight, speckled with dark brown ; exterior 

 border festooned, very slightly angular in the middle. Hind wings 

 extending a little beyond the abdomen ; exterior border more 

 notched than that of the fore wings. Length of the body 7 — 7% 

 lines; of the wings 17 — 18 lines. 



a—c. Hindostan. From the Entomological Society's collection. 

 d— /. Silhet. From the Rev. J. Stainforth's collection. 

 g. North Hindostan. From Mr. James' collection. 



Female P Palpi extending a little beyond the head ; third 

 joint longer than that of the male. Wings less ample; exterior 

 border less notched ; bands almost obsolete. 



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



