LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 757 



dark brown border. Length of the body 6 lines; of the wings 13 

 lines. 



Canara. In the East India Company's collection. 



Hadena retrahens. 



Mas. Fuscescente-cinerea ; palpi ascendentes, articulo 3o minimo ; 

 abdomen cinereum ; alee anticce ex maxima parte fuscce, lineis 

 albidis nigro marginatis, interior e subunclulata, exteriore cos- 

 tarn versus retracta, margine exteriore denticulato subaurato, 

 orbiculari et reniformi nigro albidoque marginatis, ilia ob- 

 longa ; posticce ceneo-fuscce, basi cinerece. 



Male. Brownish-cinereous. Palpi ascending ; third joint 

 very minute, not one-fourth of the length of the second. Abdomen 

 cinereous. Fore wings mostly brown ; the lines whitish, with black 

 borders, the interior one slightly undulating, the exterior one 

 abruptly angular and retracted in front, and joining the front of the 

 reniform spot; between this line and the denticulated exterior bor- 

 der the wings are slightly gilded ; orbicular and reniform spots with 

 black and whitish borders, the former oblong, not more than half the 

 size of the latter, which is much excavated on the exterior side. 

 Hind wings aeneous-brown, cinereous towards the base. Length of 

 the body 6 lines ; of the wings 14 lines. 



Ceylon. In the East India Company's collection. 



Hadena confundens. 



Mas. Ferrugineo-fusca ; palpi porrecti, articulo 3o cylindrico 

 longiusculo ; antennae simplices ; alee an tic a lineis nigrican- 

 tibus diffusis undulatis indistinctis, guttis marginalibus indis- 

 tinctis, margine exteriore integro, orbiculari et reniformi sub- 

 obsoletis ; posticce ceneo-fuscce, basi cinerece, ciliis testaceis. 



Male. Ferruginous-brown. Palpi porrect; third joint cylin- 

 drical, full one-third of the length of the second. Antennae simple. 

 Fore wings with the transverse lines blackish, diffuse, undulating, 

 indistinct; marginal dots also indistinct; exterior border entire; 

 orbicular and reniform spots almost obsolete. Hind wings aeneous- 

 brown, cinereous towards the base ; ciliae testaceous. Length of the 

 body 6 lines ; of the wings 14 lines. 



Ceylon. In the East India Company's collection. 



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