﻿LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 1411 



3. HvPiETRA LlLACII. 



Mas. Badio fusca ; tibue aniicce cinerece, posteriores nigro^fuscce ; 

 ahd(»ninis lalera albn punctata ; aUc anticce alho purpuras- 

 cente conspcrsce^ lineis obscurioribus subobsoletis, lincfi submar- 

 ginali e atomis nigris albo-purpurascente inclusis^ macula 

 basali atomisque anterioribus viridescentf^-sulphurcis, punctis 

 dunbus discallbus nigris^ \i marijine viridescenle-aulphureo ; 

 posticcp nigra -cinerece^ ciliis funds, atomis apud marginem 

 interiorem albo-purpurascentibus . 



Hypaetra Lilacii, Gucn. Noct. iii. 260, 1688. 



Hindostaii. 



4. Hyp/etra trigonifera. 



Fcera. Rufescenle-cervina, subtus cinereo-fusca ; thorax macula 

 antica trigona alra ; abdomen subtus punctis Literalibus 

 albis ; alee anticce lineis transversis indistinctis obsciiriorlbus, 

 puncto basali albo^ linea cos tali arcuata brevi nigra, fascia 

 atra postice abbreviafa antice ferruginea, macula discali atra 

 obliqua lineolam posticarn reflexam emittente, pUuja antica 

 ferruginea, linea marginali testacea lunulata punctis nigricans 

 tibus ; posticce fusccB, maculis tribus ciliaribus ulbidis. 



Female, Reddish fawn-colour, cinereous-brown beneath. Tho- 

 rax with a triangular deep black spot in front. Abdomen with 

 white points along each side beneath. Fore wings with indistinct 

 transverse darker lines, with a white basal point, with a curved 

 short black line by the costa ver}' near the base, and with a deep 

 black interior band, which is ab])reviated liindward, and is ferrugi- 

 nous in front; orbicular mark indicated by a minute blackish dot; 

 reniform concealed by a deep black oblique sj)ot, which ends hind- 

 ward in a slender reflexed line; a ferruginous patch between this 

 spot and the costa ; marginal line testaceous, lunulate, its angles 

 marked by blackish points. Hind wings brown, with two whitish 

 apical spots and a third by the interior angle on the cilia?. Length 

 of the body 7 lines; of the wings 17 lines. 



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



b. Ceylon. From Mr. Stevens' collection. 



