﻿LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 1747 



1. PlADA MULTIPLICANS. 



Mas. Fusco-cinerea ; abdomen supra alhidum ; alee antic ce apvd 

 marginem fuscce^ lineis exieriorihns obliquis denticulatis 

 cinereis, lunulis nigris maculisque fulvis marginalibus, orbi- 

 culari atra punctiformi^ reniformi angusfa atro marginata 

 non excavata ; posticcp fuscce, linea obliqua albida, macula 

 postica pallide lutea. 



Male, Cinereous, varied with brown, paler beneath. Abdo- 

 men whitish above for more than half the length from the base. 

 Fore wings mostly brown exteriorly ; the cinereous part forming 

 denticulated oblique lines exteriorly ; marginal lunules black, 

 accompanied by tawny dots; orbicular mark punciilbrm, deep 

 black ; reniform narrow, not excavated, with a deep black border. 

 Hind wings brown, pale cinereous at the base, with a whitish 

 oblique line, which is contiguous to an irregular pale luteous spot 

 by the interior angle. Length of the body 8 lines ; of the wings 18 

 lines. 



Canara. In the East India Company's collection. 



Genus EGELESTA. 



Foem, Corpus vix robustum. Proboscis breiris. Palpi angu- 

 lati, subascendentes, caput sat superantes; articulus 2us supra 

 fasciculatus ; 3us linearis, 2o vix brevior. Antennae simplices sat 

 graciles. Thorax squamosus. Abdomen lanceolatum, alas pos- 

 ticas dimidio fere superans. Pedes sat graciles, subpilosi ; tibiae 

 posticae calcaribus longissimis. Alae sat angustae ; anticae apud 

 costam subconvexae, apice rectangulatae, margine exteriore convexo 

 vix denticulato postice obliquo. 



Female, Body hardly stout. Proboscis short. Palpi angular, 

 slightly ascending, extending some distance beyond the head; 

 second joint tufted above ; third linear, rounded at the tip, nearly 

 as long as the second. Antennae simple, rather slender. Thorax 

 squamous. Abdomen lanceolate, extending for nearly half its 

 length beyond the hind wings. Legs rather slender, slightly 

 pilose ; hind tibiae with very long spurs. Wings rather narrow. 

 Fore wings slightly convex along the costa, rectangular at the tips ; 

 exterior border convex, hardly denticulated ; its hind part moderately 

 oblique. 



