﻿LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 1817 



Lygniodes DISPARANS. 



Foem. Cervina ; alee anticce subfalcatcB, fuscescente subnehulosce, 

 lineis pluriniis subundulatis fuscescentibus interioribus, fascia 

 fuscescente magis determinala^ lituris exterioribus furcatis ob- 

 scure fuscis ; ■posticce fascia pallida. 



Female. Fawn-colour, paler beneath. Fore wings subfalcate, 

 very slightly and partially clouded with brownish, with numerous 

 slight undulating brownish lines in the interior part, with a more 

 distinct brownish band, and with an exterior row of dark brown 

 forked marks. Hind wings with a slight pale band beyond 

 the middle. Wings beneath with a slight brown band, and with 

 submarginal brown forked marks. Length of the body 1 1 lines ; 

 of the wings 34 lines. 



This maybe the female of Z. reducens, 



Colombo. , 



a, Ceylon. From M. Nietner's collection. 



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OXYODES TRICOLOR. 



The specimens here mentioned differ much from Guenee's 

 description and figure, but can hardly belong to a different 

 species. 



Reddish ferruginous. Abdomen luteous. Fore wings with a 

 straight slightly oblique white band a little before the middle, bor- 

 dered interiorly with dark brown; a white brown-bordered dot in 

 the disk nearer the base, and three or four blackish points towards 

 the costa ; interior and exterior lines blackish, undulating, indis- 

 tinct ; under side paler, luteous hindward, with a deep black patch. 

 Hind wings bright luteous ; apical third part obliquely deep black, 

 emitting two black lines towards the interior angle. Var. /3. — Fore 

 wings with the white band diffuse exteriorly, not bordered with 

 brown interiorly. Var, y.— Fore wings with the band very diffuse 

 exteriorly, no white dot. Var, fi. — Fore wings varied with testa- 

 ceous ; the band broader and more upright. Var. e. — Fore wings 

 with the band deep black instead of white, blackish and diffused 

 exteriorly. 



a, b. Moreton Bay. Presented by — Gibbons, Esq. 



c. Moreton Bay. From Mr. Strange's collection. 



d, e, Australia. From Mr. Stevens' collection. 



