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532 LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCEEA, 



longis. Alas mediocriter latae, non longae ; anticae costa recta, mar- 

 gine apicali subobliquo, angulo postico rotundato. 



Male. Body linear, moderately long and stout. Palpi pilose, 

 very short; third joint very small. Antennae moderately deeply 

 pectinated, little more than half the length of the body. Abdomen 

 not extending beyond the hind wings. Legs rather stout ; hind 

 tibiae with four long spurs. Wings moderately broad, not long ; fore 

 wings straight along the costa, slightly oblique at the tips ; hind 

 angle somewhat rounded. 



1. Pitane Lydia. 



Prothorax et anus lutei ; alee concolores, nigro-fuscce ; anticce bast 

 fasciisque tribus luteis ; posticce basi late lutece. 



Lithosia Lydia, Donov. Epit. Ins. New Roll. PL Boisd. Voy. 

 I' Astrolabe, Pt. 1. Lep. 211, 5. 



New Holland. 



Var. ? Lutea ; antenna nigra ; thorax nigro sexmaculatus ; abdo- 

 men vitta dorsali nigra; alee anticce nigrce, basi fasciisque 

 luteis ; posticce nigro marginatce. 



Var. P Luteous. Antennae black, luteous at the base. Thorax 

 with six black spots, two on each side, and one on each side of the 

 base. Abdomen with a black dorsal stripe. Fore wings black, 

 luteous at the base, and with five luteous bands which are irregular 

 and vary in breadth, and are more or less interrupted, the third con- 

 tains a black dot. Hind wings luteous, with a broad black hind 

 border which sometimes contains a luteous mark in the middle. 

 Length of the body 3 lines ; of the wings 9 lines. 



a, b. Bengal. From M. Becker's collection, 

 c. North India. From Mr. Stevens' collection. 



2. Pitane dilecta. 



Nigro- fusca, luteo-hirta ; antennae fusco-f erruginece ; tibice et tarsi 

 lutea, fusco fasciaia ; aim purpureo-cupreo suffusce ; anticce 

 punctis maculisque luteis ; posticce vitta discali guttisque mar- 

 ginalibus luteis. 



Brownish black. Antennae ferruginous brown. Thorax on 

 each side and abdomen with luteous hairs. Tibiae and tarsi pale 



