LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 
1739 
Dasychira albicans. 
Mas et fcem. Albida , subtus plus minusve cinerea ; ala gutta 
discali fusca , antica fasciis nonnullis indistinctis angustis 
undulosis pallide cervinis. Mas.- — Ala postica cinereo mar- 
ginata. Fcem . — Alee postica subcinerea. 
Male and female. Whitish, more or less cinereous beneath. 
Wings with a discal brown dot. Fore wings with several indistinct 
slender undulating pale fawn-coloured bands. Male — •Hind wings 
with somewhat cinereous borders. Female . — Hind wings slightly 
cinereous. Length of the body 5— 8 lines; of the wings 14—22 
lines. 
a. Celebes. From Madame Ida Pfeiffer’s collection. 
Dasychira antica. ' ^ Wno 
Fcem. Albida ; caput supra luteum ; thorax fasco unifasciatus ; 
abdomen fasciis roseis ; pedes nigri , tibiis posticis albo pilo- 
sis ; alee antica pallide fusca , costa fasciaque exteriore an- 
gusta obliqua angulosa albidis , lituris costalibus nigricantibus 
guttaque discali fusca ; postica marginibus pallidissime 
fuscis. 
Female. Whitish. Head luteous above. Antennae black. 
Thorax with a brown band. Abdomen with rosy bands. Legs 
mostly black ; hind tibiae with white hairs. Fore wings pale brown, 
whitish along the costa, and with an exterior slender oblique zigzag 
whitish band ; some dark brown or blackish marks along the costa ; 
one of these is lengthened hindward, and forms an angular streak 
across the tip of the discal areolet, which has a brown dot in its 
middle. Hind wings with very pale brown borders. Length of the 
body 8 lines ; of the wings 22 lines. 
a. Java. From the East India Company’s collection. 
Dasychira at omari a 
Mas. Pallide cervina ; antenna albida ramis fuscis ; ala antica 
nigro conspersa et biguttata , fascia exteriore angusia obliqua 
fusca antice furcata ; postica sordide albida. 
Male. Pale fawn-colour. Antennae whitish, with brown 
branches. Fore wings speckled with black, and with two black 
dots, one at the base, the other on the tip of the discal areolet ; 
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