LEPIDOPTERA HETEKOCERA. \bb 



13. SlMAETHIS ELATELLA. 



Mas. Cinereo-fusca ; alee linea exteriore abbreviata alba, punctis 

 marginalibus purpureis aut cvpreis, fimbria albo varia ; anticee 

 lineis cinereis, reniformi e striga fuscescente obliqua albo mar- 

 ginata ; posticce striga discali alba. 



Male. Cinereous-brown. Antennae slender, more than half 

 the length of the body. Wings with an abbreviated exterior white 

 line ; marginal points metallic purple or cupreous ; fringe partly- 

 white. Fore wings with some slight transverse cinereous lines ; 

 reniform mark represented by an oblique brownish white-bordered 

 streak, having a little longitudinal white streak behind it. Hind 

 wings with a large discal white streak. Length of the body If line; 

 of the wings 4J lines. 



Ceylon. In Mr. Layard's collection. 



14. SlMAETHIS EXCUSANA. 



Mas. Cupreo-fusca ; corpus sub tus album ; palpi laves, graciles, 

 albidi, articulis apice nigris, 2o elongato ; pedes albi, nigro 

 fasciati ; ala? antica apice subrotundata?, guttis duabus discali- 

 bus unaque subapiculi albidis, lituris subcostalibus punctisque 

 submarginalibus purpureis micantibus ; posticce guttis duabus 

 albis, fascia submarginali purpurea. 



Male. Cupreous-brown. Body white beneath. Palpi porrect, 

 smooth, slender, whitish, extending very little beyond the head ; 

 tips of the joints black ; third joint as long as the second. Antennae 

 slender, minutely setulose. Legs white, with black bands. Fore 

 wings slightly rounded at the tips, with two whitish discal dots, one 

 interior, the other exterior; a white more concise subapical dot; 

 some glittering purple subcostal marks and a submarginal row of 

 glittering purple points ; costa and exterior border almost straight, 

 the latter slightly oblique. Hind wings with two white spots and 

 with a submarginal purple band. Length of the body 2 lines; of 

 the wings o lines. 



Sarawak, Borneo. In Mr. Saunders' collection. 



