

LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 479 



Mas. ? Lcete lutea ; palpi validi, erecti, articulo So conico parvo ; 

 abdomen alas posticas fere dimidio superuns, segmenlis pallido 

 marginatis ; pedes antici nigro fasciati ; alee pallide lutece, 

 lineis 4a aut 5a luteis undulatis ; anticce guttis tribus costali- 

 bus unaque discali nigris. 



Male. Bright luteous, paler beneath. Palpi stout, vertical, 

 rising a little above the head ; third joiut conical, much more slen- 

 der than the second, and hardly one-third of its length. Abdomen 

 extending for almost half its length beyond the hind wings ; sides 

 and hind borders of the segments paler. Fore tibiae and fore tarsi 

 with black rings. Wings pale luteous, opaline, with four or five 

 bright luteous undulating lines. Fore wings slightly acute ; a black 

 dot in the disk representing the reniform mark; costa with three 

 black dots. Length of the body* 6 lines ; of the wings 12 lines. 



Hindostan. In Mr. Saunders' collection. 



19. Zebronia? meritalis. 



Foem. Alba; palporum articulus Sus lanceolatus, 2i dimidio 

 brevior ; abdomen guttis duabus basalibus nigris ; segmentum 

 apicale basi luteum ; tibice anticce nigro bicinctce ; alee lineis 

 duabus incompletis flavis ; anticce punctis duo bus basalibus , 

 lituris duabus costalibus angulatis nigris, margine exterior e 

 antico, gutta submarginali guttaque discali nigris ; posticce 

 nigro quadriguttat.ee. 



Female. White. Palpi curved ; third joint lanceolate, less 

 than half the length of the second. Abdomen with a black dot on 

 each side near the base; apical segment luteous at the base. Fore 

 tibiae with two black rings. Wings with two slender indistinct in- 

 complete yellow lines. Fore wings with a black basal costal point ; 

 another black point near the base ; two exterior black V-shaped 

 marks ; exterior border black in front; a black submarginal hind- 

 ward dot ; a black dot in the disk behind the first V-shaped mark. 

 Hind wings with four black dots ; one interior and subcostal ; the 

 second apical ; the third on the hind part of the exterior border ; the 

 fourth on the interior border near the interior angle. Length of the 

 body 3 lines ; of the wings 8 lines, 



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



