LEPIDOPTERA UETEROCERA. 233 



marginatis, interior* recta obliqua, exteriore undulata, sub- 

 marginali deniiculata nigro punctata ; anticce reniformi 

 magna pallida marginata. 



Male. Testaceous-cinereous. Palpi ascending, not long ; 

 second joint fringed above ; third very slender, with a black band 

 near the tip, shorter than the second, with which it hardly forms an 

 angle. Wings partly and slightly tinged with fawn-colour ; lines 

 pale, partly bordered with brown; interior line straight, oblique; 

 exterior line undulating; subraarginal line denticulated, accom- 

 panied by some black points ; marginal points black. Fore wings 

 with a large pale-bordered reniform mark. Length of the body 

 3 lines ; of the wings 7 lines. 



Ceylon. In Mr. Layard's collection. 



Hypena? rubripunctalis. 



Foem. Cervina, rufo conspersa ; palpi ascendentes, arcuati ; arti- 

 culus 2us extus fusco bifasciatus, intus albidus, nigricante 

 fasciatus,2o vix brevior ; abdomen rufo fas datum ; alee lineis 

 denticulatis ocfiraceis, puncto discali punctisque stibmargina- 

 libus nigris ; anticce subfalcatce, puncto basali punctisque 

 costalibus nigris, subtus rufescentes. 



Female. Fawn-colour, whitish yellow beneath. Palpi as- 

 cending, slightly curved ; second joint with two oblique brown 

 bands on the outer side, whitish on the inner side; third whitish, 

 linear, with blackish bands, acute at the tip, nearly as long as the 

 second. Frontal tuft acute. Thorax with bright red speckles. 

 Abdomen with red bauds. Wings with minute red speckles, and 

 with ochraceous denticulated lines; exterior lines composed of red 

 speckles; a black point in each disk and a row of submarginal 

 black points ; marginal festoon bright red. Fore wings subfalcate, 

 with a black basal point and with black points along the costa ; ex- 

 terior border not oblique, except towards the interior angle; under 

 side reddish. Hind wings with two undulating red lines beneath. 

 Length of the body 4—5 lines ; of the wings 8 — 10 lines. 



This species should probably be removed from Hypena, and 

 perhaps from the Hypenidce. 



Ceylon. In Mr. Layard's collection. 



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