﻿LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 1575 



ohliqua recta albida extus fusco maryinata apud costam ohso- 

 leta^ nebula exteriore ferruginea^ linea suhmarginali pallida 

 valde denticulata, gultis lunulisque marginalibus nigricanti- 

 bus ; anticcB acutce^ costa pallidiore lituris fuscis subapicalibus^ 

 orbiculari et reniformis margine fuscis . 



Pale fawn-colour, pale luteous beneath. Head and fore part 

 of the thorax somewhat darker. Third joint of the palpi but little 

 shorter than the second. Wings with the lines brown, denticnlated, 

 mostly double and on a testaceous ground ; a whitish straight line 

 bordered with brown on its outer side, (beyond which there is a fer- 

 ruginous tinge, extending from beyond two-thirds of the length of 

 the interior border of the hind wings towards the subapical costa of 

 the fore wings,) on approaching which it is obsolete ; submarginal 

 line pale, much denticulated, on a slightly darker ground ; margi- 

 nal dots and marginal lunules blackish, the latter interrupted ; 

 under side with the lines fewer and more macular. Fore wings 

 acute ; costa paler, with brown subapical marks ; orbicular mark 

 and border of the renilbrm brown. Length of the body 6^ lines ; 

 of the wings 16 lines. 



a, Silhet. From the Rev. J. Siaiuforth's collection. 



25. Thermesia ? Myrt^a. 



I Miniato-rufa, parva ; alee slrigis nonnullis undads fuscis, 



Phalaena (Noctua) Myrtaea, Drury, Ins, Exot, ii. 4, pi. 2, f. 3. 

 Noctua Myrtaja, Westw. Drury^ ii. 3, pi. 2, f. 3. 



Madras. 



Country unknown, 

 26. Thermesia hemichlodes. 



I Lutescens, purpurea tincta ; alee fasciis undulatis dijffusis nigri- 

 ' cantibus, margine exteriore nigricanie ; anticce orbiculari et 



reniformi obscuris luteo marginatis. 



Chamyna Hemichlodes, Hubn. SammL Exot, Schmett. ii. Lep, iv, 

 I Noct. iii. Semigeometrcs, vi. Ascalaphce, B. Concoloratce, 5. 



f. 1—4. 



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