﻿LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA, 1859 



with a brown apical spot. Length of the body 5 lines ; of the 

 wings 13 lines. 



Ceylon. In the East India Company's collection. 



Genus DONACESA. 



Mas, Corpus sat gracile. Proboscis brevis. Palpi pu- 

 ''bescentes, corapressi, suberecti, subangulati ; articulus 2us subarcu- 

 ' atus ; 3us longi-couicus, 2i dimidio non brevior. Antennae pectinata?, 

 subconvoluiae, fasciculo compresso instriutae. Abdomen lanceolatum, 

 alas posticas triente superans; fasciculus apicalis parvus. Pedes 

 validi, pilis longis ciliati ; tibiae posiicae calcaribus longis. Alae 

 longiusculae, sat angusise ; anticse apud costam rectae, apice rectan- 

 gulatae, margine exteriore sat obliquo. 



j Male, Body rather slender. Proboscis short. Palpi pu- 



bescent, compressed, nearly vertical; second joint forming an angle 

 with the first, slightly curved inward ; third elongate-conical, about 

 half the len^ith of the second. AntennaB moderately pectinated, 

 except towards their tips, slightly convoluted, with a compressed 

 pencil of hairs near the base. Abdomen lanceolate, extending for 

 nearly one-third of its length beyond the hind wings; apical tuft 

 small. Legs stout, fringed with long hairs ; hind tibiae with long 

 spurs. Wings rather long and narrow. Fore wings straight along 

 the costa, rectangular at the tips, rather oblique along the exterior 

 border. 



1. DoNACESA MIRICORNIS. 



Mas. Cervina, suhtus rufo-flavescens ; alee lineis duabus obliquis 

 fuscescentibus, interiore costam versus angulala, exteriore magis 

 determinata, punctis submarginalibus nigris albo notatis; an- 

 ticcB linea interiore fuscescente, orbiculari alba punctiformi^ 

 reniformi punctum album includente ; posticce puncto discali 

 nigro, 

 Male. Fawn-colour, more yellow and tinged with red beneath. 

 Wings with two oblique brownish lines; the interior one slight, an- 

 gular towards the costa of the fore wings ; the exterior one luore 

 distinct; submarginal points black, marked with white. Fore wings 

 with an interior brownish line ; orbicular mark white, punctiform ; 

 reuiform indistinct, wiih a white point by its hind border. Hind 



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