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MS. F. WALKER ON HETEROCEROUS LEPIDOPTERA 



Fore wings falcate, with the middle and interior lines irregular, less 

 distinct than the exterior line ; the middle line obsolete, except to- 

 wards the costa. Length of the body 3 lines; of the wings 10 lines. 



213. Drepana micacea., n. s. Mas. Ferrugineo-ochracea, antennis 

 latissime pectinatis, alis chalybeo conspersis linea nigra recta diffusa 

 duplicata, fimbria apice nigra, alis anticis falcatis litura discali nigra. 



Male. Ferruginous ochraceous, paler beneath. Antennae very broadly 

 pectinated. Wings with chalybeous spangles, and with a black diffuse 

 double line which extends from the tips of the fore wings to beyond 

 the middle of the interior border of the hind wings, and is single on 

 the under side ; fringe black-tipped, chalybeous-spangled. Fore wings 

 falcate, with a black discal mark ; this is most distinct on the under 

 side, where the black line is accompanied by another slighter and less 

 exterior line. Length of the body 4 lines ; of the wings 12 lines. 



Earn. BOMBYCIDjE, Steph. 



Gen. Gastropacha, Ochs. 



214. Gastropacba vishnou, Lefebvre, Zool. Journ. iii. 207. (Amydona 

 prasina, Walk. Cat. Lep. 1st ser. 141/.) 



Inhabits also Hindostan, Ceylon, and China. 



Gen. Megasoma, Boisd. 



215. Megasoma basimacula, n. s. Mas. Cervina, lanuginosa, den- 

 sissime vestita, capite thoraceque antico absque anticis obscure ferru- 

 gineo-fuscis, antennis pallidis, abdominis fasciculo apicali chalybeo- 

 nigro, alis anticis lineis quatuor indistinctis nigricantibus, macula ba- 

 sali ochracea, puncto discali albo lineaque submarginali e guttis nigris 

 cinereo conspersis. 



Male. Fawn-colour, woolly, very densely clothed, more brownish be- 

 neath. Head and fore part of the thorax dark ferruginous brown. 

 Antennae pale. Abdomen extending far beyond the hind wings ; api- 

 cal tuft chalybeous black. Fore wings dark-ferruginous brown, with 

 a purplish tinge, and with four indistinct blackish lines ; submarginal 

 line composed of black cinereous-speckled dots, of which one on the 

 interior border is much larger than any one of the others ; a white 

 point on the interior part of the disk, and an ochraceous spot very 

 near the base. Hind wings very woolly. Length of the body 15 

 lines ; of the wings 30 lines. 



Gen. Gunda, n. g. 



Mat. Corpus crassmn, lanuginosum, dense vestitum. Proboscis obso- 

 lete* J'/i/jji porrecti, gracilliini, caput non super-antes. Antenna: 

 breves, latiasime pectinatac. Pedes robusti, densissime pilosi. Alee 



