﻿LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 1103 



wings partly reddish, with two irregular and incomplete black 

 transverse lines, the exterior one dilated by the costa ; reniform 

 spot large, with an elongated brown mark in the disk, and with a 

 black border ; a row of elongated black marginal dots. Hind wings 

 brownish, pale cinereous towards the base, with dark brown margi- 

 nal lunules, and with whitish ciliae. 



a. Hindostan. From Archdeacon Clerk's collection. 

 6, c. North Hindostan. from Mr. James' collection. 



2. GaDIRTHA IMPINGENS. 



Mas. Cinerea ; palporum ariiculus 3us nigro fasciatus ; an- 

 tenna- serratce ; thorax fusco varius ; alee anticce apud discum 

 ferruginecBy lineis duabus transversis, striga apud angulum 

 interiorem guttisque marginalibus nigris, reniformi nigro 

 notata et marginata ; posticce fuscce, basi pallide cinerece, 

 ciliis albidis. Fcem.? — Schistacea ; antennce subciliatce ; 

 abdomen cinereum ; alee anticce ex parte nigro-cinerece, apud 

 discum ferrugineo-rufce^ lineis duabus transversis angulosis 

 nigris, lunulis marginalibus fuscis ; posticw ceneo-fuscce, ciliis 

 albidis. 



Male, Cinereous. Third joint of the palpi with a black band 

 near its tip. Antennae serrated. Thorax varied with brown. Fore 

 wings mostly ferruginous in the disk, except towards the exterior 

 Dorder and along the costa ; two transverse black lines, the interior 

 one forked hindward, the second very incomplete; reniform spot 

 with a black discal mark and with a black border ; a black streak 

 by the interior angle and a row of black marginal dots. Hind 

 wings brown, pale cinereous towards the base ; cilise whitish. This 

 species very closely resembles the preceding one, and, excepting 

 the difiference in the antennae, might be supposed to be a variety of 

 it. Female P — Slate-colour. Third joint of the palpi with a black 

 band near the tip. Antennae minutely ciliated. Abdomen cine- 

 reous. Fore wings partly blackish gray; disk most ferruginous- 

 red ; two zigzag black transverse lines, the exterior one incomplete 

 and very irregular ; reniform spot like that of the male ; a row of 

 brown marginal lunules. Hind wings aeneous-brown; ciliae whitish. 

 Length of the body 7^ lines; of the wings 18 lines. 



a. Hindostan. From Archdeacon Clerk's collection. 

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



5c 



