LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 1415 



Female. Testaceous. Head, thorax, pectus and le^s fawn- 

 colour. Abdomen thickly lanuginose at the tip. Wings with three 

 1 ! rregular oblique and zigzag fawn-coloured bands, the third broader 

 han the other two and near the exterior border. Fore wings with 

 in irregular fawn-coloured ringlet between the first and second 

 >ands. Length of the body 13 lines ; of the wings 38 lines. 



U Silhet? Presented by E. Doubleday, Esq. 



5. Amydona basalis. 

 j Fcem. Flava aut lutea ; alcefasciis duabus angustis subfusceseen- 

 tibus, exteriore guttulari ; anticce fascia basim versus fusees- 

 cente, macula discali fuseescente aut albida, plagaque postica 

 basalt fusees cente aut ferruginea. 



Female. Yellow. Head and thorax in front luteous. An- 

 j;ennee testaceous. Abdomen thickly tufted at the tip with testa- 

 ceous hairs. Wings with two slight oblique brownish bands, the 



sxterior one somewhat undulating and more or less interrupted. 



Fore wings with a brownish oblique band near the base, a brown 

 * iiscal spot, behind which towards the base there is a large brownish 



nterval. Hind wings with three bands on the under side. Length 



>f the body 7 — 11 lines ; of the wings 18 — 32 lines. 



Var. /3. Head and fore part of the thorax partly brownish. 

 Fore wings brownish behind towards the base. 



Var. y. Luteous. Abdomen with whitish hairs at the tip. 

 Discal spot of the fore wings whitish, bordered with brown; hind 

 batch pale brown, traversed by two reddish streaks. 



Var. d like var. y. Hind patch traversed by two brown streaks. 



Var. € like var. L Hind patch whitish, bordered with brown. 



Var. ( like var. d. Discal spot larger; hind patch reddish. 



L b. North India. From Mr, James' collection. 



k Silhet. From Mr. Sowerby's collection. 



i, e. East Indies. From Archdeacon Clerk's collection. 



v . North India. From Mr. Stevens' collection. 



r. Ceylon. From the Eev. J. Wenham's collection. 



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



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



. Hong Kong. Presented by J. C. Bowring, Esq. 



This species in Ceylon aud Java is smaller and more testaceous 

 or luteous than in Hindostan, and the specimen from Hong Kong 

 is more brightly coloured. 



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