﻿LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 1573 



altera denticulata subinterrupta, linea exteriore recta testacea 

 obliqua extus nigro diffuse marginata, linea submarginali sub" 

 obsoleta, punctis marginalibus testaceis, linea marginali nigra^ 

 fimbria cinerea ; anticce apice rectangidatce, orbiculari nigra 

 punctiformi, reniformi subobsoleta. 



Female. Cinereous-brown, with a slight purplish bloom, 

 whitish beneath. Palpi while beneath towards the base; third 

 joint lanceolate, whitish towards the tip, rather more than half the 

 length of the second. Wings with two median lines, the inner one 

 blackish, diffuse, nearly straight, the outer one denticulate, almost 

 obsolete between the denticulations ; exterior line straight, testacous, 

 extending from five-sixths of the length of the costa to three-fourths 

 of the length of the interior border of the hind wings, with a diffuse 

 black exterior border ; submarginal line almost obsolete ; marginal 

 points testaceous; festoon black; fringe cinereous, not interlined ; 

 under side speckled with brown and wholly brown exteriorly, with 

 a dark brown exterior line interruptedly bordered with whitish on 

 the inner side, and with a white black-bordered cellular mark. Fore 

 ■wings rectangular at the tips, not subfalcate ; orbicular mark black, 

 punctiform ; reniform almost obsolete. Length of the body 6 lines ; 

 of the wings 16 lines. 



a. North Hindostan. From Mr. Stevens' collection. 



Var. Foem. Subpurpurascente-fusca; corpus subtus albidum ; 

 palpi basi albi ; articulusSus albidus^2i dimidio nonbrevior; 

 abdomen subcinereum ; alee linea exteriore indistincta nigri- 

 cante valde denticulata^ linea obliqua recta nigricante intus 

 testacea^ linea submarginali subtus conspicua et albido punc- 

 tata^ linea marginali lunulata nigricante, punctis marginalibus 

 albidis : anticce acutce, non subfalcatce, linea interiore nigra 

 non denticulata, orbiculari obsoleta, reniformi subobscuriore 

 punctum album includente. 



Female, Brown, with a slight purplish tinge, paler beneath 

 except towards the exterior border of the wings. Body whitish 

 beneath. Palpi white at the base; third joint whitish, except 

 towards the base, full half the length of titie second. Abdomen 

 slightly cinereous. Wings with the exterior line blackish, much 

 denticulated, not distinct; oblique line straight, blackish, testaceous 

 on the inner side, extending Jrom three-fourths of the length of the 

 interior border of the hind wings to five-sixths of the length of the 



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