LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 399 



border. Hind wings whitish hyaline with brown borders. Length 

 of the body 6^- — 7 lines ; of the wings 18—20 lines. 



a — e. West Africa. Presented by E. Doubleday, Esq. 

 /. Sierra Leone. Presented by the Rev. D. F. Morgan. 

 g,h. ? 



19. Nyctemera Coleta. 



Alba, fusco guttata ; thorax fusco trivittatus ; abdomen apice testa- 

 ceum ; alee antica strigis, fascia discali margineque apicali 

 fuscis ; posticcB fusco marginatce. 



Phalama Coleta, Cram. Pap. Exot. iv. 153, pi. 368, f. H. 

 Nyctemera Coleta, H'ubn. Ver%. Schmett. 178, 1844. 



White. Head and thorax in front with brown dots. Palpi 

 testaceous towards the base. Proboscis tawny. Antennae black, 

 serrated in the female. Thorax with three brown stripes. Pectus 

 with brown spots. Abdomen with one dorsal and two lateral rows 

 of brown dots ; tip testaceous. Legs mostly white. Fore wings 

 with a broad brown border at the tips, and with an oblique and 

 irregular brown band which is partly more or less connected with 

 the base and with the tips of the wings by means of brown streaks 

 along the veins ; fringe partly white. Hind wings with brown bor- 

 ders ; veins occasionally more or less bordered with brown ; fringe 

 partly white. Length of the body 6 — 7 lines; of the wings 18 — 20 

 lines. 



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



d, e. ? From Mr. Children's collection. 



/. Ceylon. Presented by R. Tempieton, Esq. 



20. Nyctemera selecta. 



Testacea, nigro maculata ; alee anticce fusca fasciis quatuor, la 2a 

 4a que macularibus, 3a Integra ; posticce albcB fusco marginata. 



Body testaceous. Palpi and antennae black, the former white 

 beneath towards the base. Proboscis tawny. Thorax and pectus 

 with black spots. Abdomen with three rows of black spots. Legs 

 mostly white. Fore wings brown, with four white bands, the first 

 and second macular, the third entire and beyond the middle, the 

 fourth composed of two spots and near the tip which has a white 

 dot. Hind wings white with a brown spot in front and brown bor- 

 ders which contain two white spots. Length of the body 6^- lines ; 

 of the wings 20 lines. 



a. -— ? Presented by Capt. Sir E. Belcher. 



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