﻿LKPIDOHTERA HEIEROCERA. 17()1 



hairs at two-thirds' of the leno;th ; a broad short bhick streak in the 

 disk adjoiniuir the tuft, in front of which the costa is slijrhtly con- 

 vex ; costa with black points. Hind winj^s with black marginal 

 points. Length of the body 6 lines ; of the wings 16 lines. 



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



Page 807. 

 Erastria cakneola. 

 Erastria biplaga, Cat, Lep. 809, 13. 



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Page 809. 



Erastria includens. 



Mas et foem. Fusca, nigro et alho conspersa, subtus alba ; abdo^ 

 men cinereum ; tarsi nigra fasciati ; alee anticce lineis nigris 

 duplicatis undulatis et angulosis, lituris costalihus albia, 

 spatio marginali albo fuscovaria^ lunulis marginalibus nigris^ 

 orbicidari obsoleia, reniformi magna alba extus excavata ; 

 postica albce, margine lata fusco, lituris apud angidum inte- 

 riorem albis nigrisque, 



Male and female. Brown, speckled with black and white, 

 mostly while beneath. Abdomen cinereous. Tarsi with black 

 bands. Fore wings with double undulatin*? and angular black lines ; 

 some irregular white marks along the costa ; marginal space white, 

 varied with brown and including the black marginal lunules ; reni- 

 form mark represented by a large white transverse spot, which is 

 much excavated on the outer side : orbicular obsolete. Hind wings 

 while, with broad brown borders, which are marked with white and 

 with black towards the interior angle ; fringe white, with some 

 blackish marks. Male. — Muth less varied wilh while than the 

 female. Length of the body 5 lines; of the wings 11 — 12 lines. 



a — c. St. Domingo. From Mr". Stevens' collection. 

 d, St. Dominiro. From Mr. Tweedie's collection. 



7 N 



