﻿LEPIDOPTERA HETEHOCEKA. 1827 



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ACHJ^A EXPECTANS. 



Foera. Cinerp.o-fusca ; palpi extus nigricanies ; alec anticce nigro 

 conspersce, lineis valde indistinctis, liiiea media nigra snbob- 

 liqua subangidata sat bene determinata^ striga costali ohliqim 

 nigricante, maculis submarginalibus obscnris^ litura discali e 

 guttis nigris anguLatis albido ruarginatis ; posliccc fuscce, 

 fimbria apice et apud angulum interiorem alba. 



Female. Cinereous-brown, cinereous beneath. Frontal tuft 

 obtuse. Palpi blackish on the outer side. Fore wings speckled 

 with black, with a middle black line which is slightly oblique and 

 angular and is contiguous to ihe discal mark, and has the space 

 about it darker than the wing elsewhere ; the other lines very slight 

 and indistinct; a blackish oblique costal mark at the end of the 

 interior line; two or three dark spots on the fore part of the sub- 

 maririnal line; marginal festoon testaceous, accompanied by black 

 points ; discal mark consisting of two or three angular black dots 

 with whitish borders. Hind wings brown; fringe while at the tip 

 and by the interior angle. Length of the body 7 lines ; of the 

 wings 16 lines. 



Ceylon. In the East India Company's Collection. 



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Genus PSIMADA. 



Corpus robustum. Proboscis brevis. Palpi validi, pubescentes, 

 oblique ascendentes ; articulus 3us brevis. Abdomen alas posiicas 

 vix superans. Pedes validi; tibiae posticae calcaribus longissimis. 

 Alae longiusculae ; anticae apud costam rectse, apice subrotundatap, 

 margine exteriore subconvexo perparum obliquo ; posticae sub- 

 quudratae, margine exteriore flexo. 



Body stout. Proboscis short. Palpi stout, pubescent, ob- 

 liquely ascending; third joint short. Abdomen hardly extending 

 beyond the hind wings. Legs stout; hind tibiae with very long 

 spurs. Wings rather long. Fore wings straight along the costa, 

 slightly rounded at the tips, slightly convex and very slightly 

 oblique along the exterior border. Hind wings somewhat quadrate ; 

 the exterior border somewhat rounded, but nearly rectangular in the 

 mitldle. 



