﻿LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 1005 



Testaceous. Third joint of the palpi slender, linear, three- 

 fourths of the length of the second. Antennae stout, serrated in the 

 male. Abdomen much paler than the thorax. Fore wings with 

 darker speckles and with darker transverse undulating lines ; sub- 

 marginal line very indistinct ; orbicular dot represented by a while 

 dot with a dark border, reniform darker, indistinct; tips rather 

 acute ; exterior border slightly angular in the middle, the sides of 

 the angle straight. Hind wings pale cinereous, with a slight testa- 

 ceous tinge. Length of the body 8 — 9 lines; of the wings 18 

 lines. 



a, h. Java. From Mr. Henry's collection. _ 



Country unknown. 



15. Gonitis metaxantha. 



Rufeseente-ochracea^ subtus cinerea ; palporum articulus Sus sat 

 gracilis, 2i dimidio paullo brevior; abdomen cervino-cinereum ; 

 alee anticce lineis tribus rujis transversis angulosis indistinctis, 

 linea submarginali pallida cinereo marginata, macula magna 

 inieriore lutea, ovbiculari e gutta alba, reniformi indisiincta 

 cinerascente, ciliis nigricantibus albido notatis ; posticce 

 aneo-fuscce, ciliis cano marginatis, 



Eeddish orange, cinereous beneath. Third joint of the palpi 

 rather slender, little more than half the length of the second. Ab- 

 domen cinereous, with a slight tinge of fawn-colour. Fore wings 

 with three indistinct zigzag transverse red lines ; a grayish tinge 

 about the zigzag submarginal Hue, which is pale ; a luieous tinge 

 in the disk, and a large distinct luteous spot on the inner side of the 

 second line, and at one-third of the breadth from the interior border ; 

 orbicular spot represented by a white dot; reniform indistinct; 

 grayish ; tips rectangular ; exterior border forming a very slight 

 angle ; ciliae blackish, with elongated whitish marks. Hind wings 

 aeneous-brown ; ciliae with hoary tips. Length of the body 7 

 lines ; of the wings 16 lines. 



a. ? Presented by E. Doubleday, Esq. 



