LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 1563 



Thalassodes ILLITURATA. 



Mas. Pallide viridescens ; caput antice fuscum ; palpi crecti, 

 verticem vix snperantes ; antennae sat late pectinatce ; tibice 

 posticce subdilatatce ; alee linea obscuriore dentata valde indis- 

 tincta ; posticce lata, abdomen snperantes, margine exteriore 

 angulato antice subexcavato. 



Male. Pale testaceous-cinereous, greenish in the living state. 

 Head dark brown in front. Palpi erect, hardly rising higher than 

 the vertex ; third joint conical, minute, not more than one-fourth of 

 the length of the second. Antennae rather broadly pectinated. Hind 

 tibiae slightly dilated ; second pair of spurs much shorter than the first 

 pair. Wings with a very indistinct darker dentate line ; costa and 

 exterior border straight, the latter rather oblique. Hind wings 

 broad, extending beyond the abdomen ; exterior border acutely an- 

 gular in the middle, very slightly excavated in front, straight be- 

 hind. Length of the body 7 lines; of the wings 20 lines. 



a. Shanghai. From the Entomological Society's collection. 



Thalassodes palliplagiata. 



Mas. Late viridis, subtus pallide cinerea ; corpus pallide testa- 

 ceum ; caput fuscum ; palpi porrecti ; antennce pectinatce ; 

 ala basi testacece, plaga apud marginem exteriorem posticum 

 albido-testacea ferrugineo marginata et conspersa, puncto dis- 

 cali lineaque marginali fuscis, margine exteriore antico con- 

 cavo ; anticce acuta. 



Male. Bright grass-green, pale cinereous beneath. Body 

 pale testaceous. Head brown. Palpi porrect, hardly extending 

 beyond the head. Antenna? rather broadly pectinated. Wings tes- 

 taceous towards the base, each having along the hind part of the 

 exterior border a large whitish testaceous-tinged patch, which is 

 bordered and speckled with ferruginous ; discal point and mar- 

 ginal line brown ; exterior border concave in front. Fore wings 

 acute ; costa slightly convex ; exterior border very oblique hind- 

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



a. Hindostan. From Archdeacon Clerk's collection. 



