LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 593 



Male. Blackish ferruginous, testaceous beneath. Palpi vertical, 

 testaceous beneath ; third joint lanceolate, about one-fourth of the 

 length of the second. Antennae almost bare. Abdomen cinereous, 

 crested, hardly extending beyond the hind wings. Fore wings with 

 the transverse lines black, undulating and indistinct, with somewhat 

 ferruginous borders; two exterior black streaks ; marginal lunuies 

 black, with ferruginous border ; orbicular and reniform spots indis- 

 tinct, the latter marked by a ferruginous dot ; exterior border denti- 

 culated. Hind wings aeneous, cinereous in front, with whitish 

 cilia? ; under side cinereous, with a brown discal spot and an aeneous 

 border. Length of the body 5 lines ; of the wings 12 lines. 



a. Ceylon. From the Rev. J. Wenham's collection. 



81. Hadena niveiplaga. 



Mas. Nic/ro-fusca, subcinerascens ; alee anticce lituris costalibus 

 lineisque undulatis duplicates, lunulisque vnarginalibus nigris, 

 maculis nit/ro marginatis, reniformi albo guttata, margine ex- 

 teriors subdenticulato ; pusticce obscure cinerece. 



Male. Blackish brown, with a slight cinereous tinge. Palpi 

 obliquely ascending; third joint cylindrical, slender, hardly more 

 than one-fourth of the length of the second. Antennae minutely 

 ciliated. Fore wings with black costal marks, and with double un- 

 dulating black lines, the space between each pair almost black ; a 

 row of black marginal lunuies ; discal spots with black borders ; 

 orbicular indistinct, reniform distinguished by the white spot which 

 occupies its disk ; exterior border slightly denticulated. Hind 

 wings dark cinereous; under side with a black discal spot, and an 

 exterior black transverse line. Length of the body 6J lines ; of the 

 wings 17 lines. 



Hindostan. In Mr. Saunders' collection. 



Group 2. 

 Like the third European group. 



82. Hadena consanguis. 



Pullidissime ochracea ; thorax cinerascente varius ; alee antica 

 cinereo nebulosce, dimidio exteriore rufescente tincto, lineis 

 punctisque confusis, submarginali distincta maculisque exte- 

 rioribus ferrugineis approximatis, orbiculari et reniformi 

 fere contiguis, hac angusta, ilia rotundata pallida, claviformi 

 e annulo fusco ; posticce nigricantes, basi alba. 



3 e 3 



