LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 945 



6. Or.esia alltciens. 



Mas. Pallide cervina, subtus albida ; antenna pectinate : caput 

 et thorax anticus ochracea ; abdomen albido-testaceum ; a hi 

 anticce macula reniformis margine lineisque transversis nh- 

 liquis undulatis obscurioribus, lineis duabus exterioribus 

 rectis magis conspicuis strigam albidam includentibus, fascia 

 submarginali strigaque marginali auratis, puncto discali 

 nigricante ; posticus lestaceo-albida?, ceaeo submarginatce. 



Male. Pale fawn-colour, whitish beneath. Antennae pec- 

 tinated. Head and fore part of the thorax orange. Abdomen 

 whitish testaceous. Fore wings with the border of the reniform 

 spot, and the transverse oblique undulating lines somewhat darker ; 

 two darker and more distinct straight lines, which are near 

 together, but slightly diverging from near the tip of the wing to the 

 inner side of the exterior tooth ; these lines contain a whitish streak, 

 and beyond them lies the gilded band, which is broad hind ward, 

 narrow in front, where it is accompanied by a gilded streak alonjj 

 the fore side of the exterior border ; a blackish discal point. Hind 

 wings testaceous-white, with somewhat aeneous borders. Length of 

 the body 6 — 7 lines of the wings 14 — 16 lines. 



a. North India. Presented by General Hearsay. 



b. China. Presented by G. T. Lay, Esq. 



c. d. ? From Mr. Milne's collection. 



7. Or,esia tentans. 



Fcem. Pur pur eo- fuse a, subtus pallida ; caput et thorax anticus 

 ochracea; thorax nigro fasciatus ; abdomen cinereum ; ala 

 anticm purpuras centes, lineis transversis obliquis undulatis 

 ferrugineis indistinctis, fascia aurata interior e brevi tenui, 

 exteriore antice attenuata nigro marginata postice dilatata 

 strigam latam discum versus emittente, striga marginali 

 aurata, vitta cinerea punctoque nigro discalibus ; posticce 

 ceneo-fusca, basi cinerece, ciliis albidis angustis. 



Female. Purplish brown, pale beneath. Head and fore part 

 of the thorax orange, which hue is bounded on the thorax by 

 a transverse blackish line. Abdomen cinereous. Fore wings 

 purplish; transverse oblique undulating lines ferruginous, indis- 

 tinct; interior gilded band short and slight ; exterior one attenuated 

 and with a black border in front, where it is accompanied by a 



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