LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 445 



Wings of moderate breadth, sublanceolate, slightly pointed at 

 the tips. Hind wings much shorter than the fore wings. 



1. Hypsa orbicularis. 



Mas. Lutea, nigro maculata ; caput album, nigra varium ; pedes 

 nigri ; alee anticce murines, macula postica fusca, basi lutece 

 nigro maculata; posticce testacece. 



Luteous. Head white above with black marks. Palpi and 

 antennae black, the former white beneath. Proboscis tawny. Thorax 

 with two black dots in front, and a black spot on each side between 

 the fore wings, and a tuft of white hairs behind. Pectus with white 

 hairs. Abdomen with a row of black spots; tip clothed with brown 

 and white hairs ; under side with two rows of black spots, which are 

 sometimes indistinct. Legs black ; femora with white hairs. Fore 

 wings mouse-colour, luteous with black spots near the base, and 

 with a white spot on the hind border adjoining the luteous part ; 

 underside white in front, pale testaceous behind with mouse-coloured 

 or brown borders, and with a brown streak near the base which is 

 luteous. Hind wings pale testaceous, pale luteous towards the base 

 and along the inner border, and with a large triangular brown spot 

 and a brown dot by the hind border ; under side with the basal half 

 luteous with black spots, the apical half mouse-colour with whitish 

 veins. Length of the body 12 — 13 lines ; of the wings 32 — 34 

 lines. 



a. East Indies. From Archdeacon Clerk's collection. 



b. North India. From Mr. L. James' collection. 



c. Silhet. From the Rev. J. Stainforth's collection. 



Fcein.? Lutea, nigro maculata ; caput nigrum, albo varium; 

 pedes nigri, albo strigati ; alee lutece, marginibus latissimis 

 murinis albo venosis. 



Luteous. Head white above with black marks. Palpi and an- 

 tennae black. Proboscis tawny. Thorax with two black dots in 

 front, and a black spot on each side between the fore wings, and a 

 tuft of white hairs behind ; occasionally also with a black streak and 

 a reddish band between the dots and the spots. Abdomen with 

 three rows of black spots ; under side white with two rows of black 

 spots. Legs black, streaked with white. Wings luteous with black 

 spots which are largest along the white costa of the fore wings ; bor- 

 ders mouse-colour with white veins ; these borders occupy nearly 



