LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 59 



Male. Ferruginous-brown, cinereous beneath. Palpi obliquely 

 ascending, tufted ; third joint lanceolate, whitish and bare towards 

 the tip, full one third of the length of the second, with which it 

 forms a slight angle. Thorax speckled with cinereous; a dark 

 brown band in front, and a slight metallic blue tinge on each side. 

 Abdomen with four stout blackish crests. Tarsi with whitish rings. 

 Wings moderately broad. Fore wings acutely rectangular, hardly 

 subfalcate, speckled with metallic green towards the base, and with 

 a purplish tinge along the outer side of the exterior line; interior 

 and exterior lines whitish, bordered with blackish brown, united to- 

 wards the interior border, the former straight and oblique, the latter 

 slightly undulating ; submarginal line pale, denticulated, very indis- 

 tinct, except towards the costa, where it forms two acute white angles, 

 and has in front of it five costal white points; a black dot by the 

 base, and another representing the orbicular mark ; reniform cine- 

 reous, partly bordered with black. Hind wings cinereous-brown, 

 with a little white streak on the exterior border, whitish cinereous 

 beneath, where there is a brown discal mark and a brown outer line. 

 Length of the body 5 lines ; of the wings 11^ lines. 



a. Ceylon. Presented by R. Templeton, Esq. 



66. Hypena lacessalis. 



Mas. Nigricantf-ferruginea ; palpi arcuati, ascendentes, caput 

 superantes ; articulus 3us lanceolatus, 2i dimidio longior ; 

 abdomen subcristatum ; ala longiuscula? ; antica subfalcata;, 

 lineis pallide purpurascente-cyaneis, interiore undulata, ex- 

 teriore angulata y submarginali e lituris cuneatis ; postica? 

 fuscescente-cinerece. 



Male. Blackish ferruginous, brownish cinereous beneath, with 

 a blackish discal mark on each wing. Palpi curved, vertical, ascend- 

 ing considerably above the head ; third joint lanceolate, whitish at 

 the tip, more than half the length of the second. Abdomen dark 

 cinereous, slightly crested. Wings rather long. Fore wings subfal- 

 cate, irregularly speckled with pale purplish blue, and with the 

 three usual lines and the marginal points of the same hue; interior 

 line undulating; exterior line forming an outward angle; submar- 

 ginal line composed of cuneiform marks ; under side with a while 

 subapical mark. Hind wings brownish cinereous. Length of the 

 body 6 lines ; of the wings 15 lines. 



a. North Hindostan. Presented by Capt. Parry. 



