LEriDOPTEKA HETEKOCETIA. 447 



Luteous. Head white with black spots. Palpi and antennae 

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

 two black dots in front, with two black spots on the disk, and with a 

 white tuft behind. Abdomen with a row of black spots ; tip clothed 

 with whitish and brownish hairs; under side with two rows of black 

 spots. Legs black ; coxae, femora and tips of the tibiae with white 

 hairs. Fore wings tawny ; fore borders and tips mouse-colour with 

 white veins ; costa near the base with alternate black and white 

 spots ; under side with the tawny hue much less prevalent. Hind 

 wings whitish, testaceous towards the inner border ; discal patch and 

 borders mouse-colour, the latter with white veins, the former with a 

 black spot in front ; disk tawny beneath. Length of the body 12 

 lines ; of the wings 30 lines. 



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



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



Fern. P Body, palpi, proboscis, antennae and legs as in the 

 male ; tip of the abdomen luteous. Basal half of the fore wings 

 luteous with black and a few white spots, the latter apparent only 

 above ; apical half mouse-colour with white veins. Hind wings 

 luteous with black spots, and with broad mouse-coloured white-veined 

 borders. Length of the body 11 lines ; of the wings 32 lines. 



a ? 



Group 3. EUPLOCIA. 



Mas et Fcem. Palporum articulus 3us linearis, 2i dimidio mul- 

 to longior. Antennae minutissime setosae. Alae mediocriter latae ; 

 anticae sublanceolata?, subacuminatae, posticis latitudine aequales, 

 maris tegula costali latissime ciliata. 



Euplocia, Hiibn. Verz. Schmett. 172. 



Male and Female. Third joint of the palpi linear, much more 

 than half the length of the second. Antennae very minutely setose. 

 Wings moderately broad. Fore wings slightly lanceolated and 

 pointed, as broad as the hind wings. Costa of the fore wings in 

 the male with a folding and deeply ciliated lappet near the base. 



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