﻿LEPIDOPTEBA HETEROCERA. 1807 



3. Din u MM A mystic a. 



Foem. Nigricante-fusca ; abdomen cinereo-fuscmn ; qIcb anlicce 

 siibglaucescentes, strigis nonnullis testaceis et atris^ casta hasali 

 rufo conspersa, strigis duabus testaceis rectis paralleiis fere 

 contiguis, macula apicali albido-testacea ; posticce ceyiecB basi 

 cinerecB. 



Female. Blackish brown, cinereous-brown beneath. Third 

 joint of the palpi little more than half the length of the second. 

 Antennae much more than half the length of the body. Abdomen 

 cinereous-brown, hardly extending beyond the hind wings. Fore 

 wings with a slight glaucous tinge, with some testaceous and deep 

 black streaks, with some red speckles along the basal half of the 

 costa, with two straight parallel nearly contiguous testaceous streaks 

 proceeding obliquely outward from the costa to the disk, where there 

 is a white point on their inner side ; a whitish testaceous apical 

 spot, and the usual costal subapical testaceous points; marginal 

 lunules brown, testaceous on the inner side. Hind wings aeneous, 

 cinereous towards the base. Length of the body 6 lines ; of the 

 wings 14 lines. 



a. Hindostan. From Archdeacon Clerk's collection. 



Genus CALIGULA. 



Mas et fcem. Corpus sat robustum. Proboscis mediocris. 

 Palpi ascendentes, longiusculi ; articulus 3us lonjrus, gracilis, linea- 

 ris, 2o paullo brevior. Antennae simplices. Thorax squamosus 

 dense vestitus. Abdomen crislatum, alas posticas non superans. 

 Pedes validi; tibiae posticae dense fasciculatae, posticae calcaribus 

 longissimis. Alae mediocres, subdenticulatae ; anticae apud costam 

 rectae, apice rectangulatae, margine interiore subexcavato. 



Male and female. Body rather stout. Proboscis moderately 

 long. Palpi ascending, rather long; third joint long, slender, 

 linear, rounded at the tip, a little shorter than tlje second. Antennae 

 simple. Thorax squamose, densely clothed. Abdomen crested, not 

 extending beyond the hind wings. Legs stout; tibiae densely 

 tufted ; hind tibiae with very long spurs. Wings moderately broad, 

 slightly denticulated. Fore wings straight along the costa, rectan- 

 gular at the tips; exterior border hardly oblique along the fore 

 part; interior border slightly excavated. 



