450 LEPIDOPTEKA HETEROCEKA, 



-Phalaena Noctua Dama, Gmel. ed. Syst. Nat. i. 5, 2545, 1049, 

 Aganais Dama, Boisd. Voy. de V Astrolabe, Pt. 1, Lep. 250, 3, 



New Guinea, and several islands of the Pacific. 



7. Hypsa Silvan dra. 



Var. ? Lutea ; palpi et antennce nigra ; thorax nigro bimaculatus ; 

 abdomen maculis aut fasciis dorsalibas nigris, subtus e macu- 

 lis nigris bivittatum ; pedes fusci, subtus albidi ; alee anticce 

 murince, basi lutece nigro alboque notatce, striga discali alba ; 

 posticce albce murino marginatce. 



Phalaena Lithosia Silvandra, Cram. Pap. Exot. iv. 155, pi. 369, 



f. D. 

 Hypsa Silvandra, Hubn. Verz. Schmett. 172. 



Coromandel. 



Male. Luteous. Palpi black ; first and second joints luteous 

 beneath. Proboscis testaceous. Antennae black. Thorax with a 

 black spot on each side between the fore wings. Abdomen with 

 black bands above ; under side with two rows of black spots. Legs 

 whitish, brown above. Fore wings mouse-colour, luteous at the base 

 by which there are some black and white marks; disk with a white 

 stripe which widens outward and varies in length and breadth. 

 Hind wings white with broad mouse-colour borders. 



Female. Abdomen with a row of black spots above. Legs 

 white with black stripes. Hind wings with three mouse-coloured 

 spots in the disk, these spots are largest beneath, and there the 

 white disks are streaked with black. Length of the body 7 — 9 lines ; 

 of the wings 24 — 26 lines. 



Var. /3. Hind wings with only one mouse-coloured spot. 



a. Australia. Presented by the late Earl of Derby. 



b. » ? Presented by E. Doubleday, Esq. 



c. d. Silhet. From Mr. Sowerby's collection. 



e. Hong Kong. Presented by J. C. Bowring. Esq. 



8. Hypsa plana. 



Pallide lutea; palpi nigri, basi lutei ; antennce nigrce ; alee albce 

 murino marginatce ; anticce basi luteo nigroque varice, disco albo 

 antico maculis murinis incompletis interciso ; posticce scepe 

 maculis nonnullis murinis. 



