LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCEBA. 1105 



with black tips. Wings shining. Male.— Palpi mostly clothed 

 with black hairs, with a white subapical band. Length of the body 

 9 — 10 lines; of the wings 29 — 32 lines. 



Var. j8. Male. Abdomen with black dorsal tufts. 



Var. y. Male. Brown. Fore wings with a broad diffuse slightly 

 paler band. Hind wings fawn-colour, their borders brown, except- 

 ing the veins. 



a, b. Silhet. Presented by E. Doubleday, Esq. 



c. East Indies. From Archdeacon Clerk's collection. 



d. Ceylon. Presented by K. Templeton, Esq. 



2. SCOPELODES PALPALIS. 



Foem. Ferruginea ; antenna? albida? ; abdomen albidum vitta in- 

 terrupta dorsali apiceque niyris ; pedes ex parte testaceo hirti ; 

 alee aniica? subtus postica?que tota? albida?. 



Female. Ferruginous. Antennae whitish. Abdomen, fore 

 wings beneath and hind wings whitish. Abdomen with an inter- 

 rupted black dorsal stripe, and with a black tip. Legs partly clothed 

 with pale testaceous hairs. Wings with a pale testaceous cilia. 

 Length of the body 9 lines ; of the wings 25 lines. 



a. Java. From the East India Company's collection. 



3. SCOPELODES VENOSA. 



Mas. Nigro-fusca; palpi subtus ferruginei, fascia subapicali 

 alba; abdomen luteum, fasciis dorsalibus apiceque niyris; 

 pedes albo hirti ; alee antica? subtus postica?que pallide testa- 

 ceo?, posticce basi lutea?. 



Male. Blackish brown. Palpi ferruginous beneath, with a 

 white subapical band. Abdomen luteous, with short black dorsal 

 bands and a black tip ; under side with a whitish stripe, which has 

 a black interrupted stripe on each side. Legs partly clothed with 

 white hairs. Fore wings beneath and hind wings pale testaceous. 

 Hind wings pale luteous towards the base. Length of the body 10 

 lines ; of the wings 26 lines. 



a. Silhet. From the Rev. J. Stainforth's collection. 



4. SCOPELODES CONTRACTA. 



Mas. Fusca, subtus pallidior ; palpi nigricantes, fascia subapicali 

 albida ; abdomen supra ferrugineo-fuscum, vitta nigricante, 

 subtus vitta albida ; alee antica? venis testaceis. 



