lepidoptera heterocera. 
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terrupta fiava fasciisque duabus angustioribus cervinis. 
Fcem. — Obscure fusca ; alee anticce fascia una basim versus 
alter aque lata subapicali albidis. 
Var. Ferrugineo -fusca, subtus alba; caput supra rufescens ; abdo- 
men fulvum, macidis flavis vittisque duabus nigricantibus 
lateralibus ; alee, anticce basi ferrugineee et luteee, f asciis non- 
nullis nigris, gutta discali, striga duplici obliqua fasciaque 
latissima interlineata subapicali albis ; posticee fuscee , basi 
fasciaque luteis,f asciis tribus exterioribus pallide fuscis . 
Macrosila Solani, Boisd. MSS. 
Male. Fawn-colour, whitish beneath. Thorax with some 
brownish and hoary hairs ; a dark brown stripe on each side, and a 
red hind band which is bordered with black and with blue hairs. 
Abdomen somewhat luteous, with three stripes of brown spots, the 
middle row indistinct; a row of yellow spots along each side. 
Fore wings with some undulating oblique brown and some exterior 
whitish lines ; a dark brown dot and a yellow spot at the base, two 
dark brown streaks by the exterior border and a brown middle patch, 
in which the lines are black ; a whitish discal dot. Hind wings 
brown, with a yellow interrupted band near the base, and two more 
slender dull fawn-coloured bands. 
Var. (3. Thorax grayish black, with abroad fawn-coloured stripe. 
Fore wings mostly brown instead of fawn-colour. 
Female. Dark brown. Antennas with white tips. Fore wings 
with a slight whitish band near the base, and a broad whitish irre- 
gular subapical band. Colours otherwise much like those of the 
male. Length of the body 20 lines ; of the wings 42 — 44 lines. 
Var. ft. Ferruginous-brown, white beneath. Head reddish 
above. Abdomen tawny, with yellow spots and with two irre- 
gular blackish stripes along each side. Fore wings ferruginous and 
luteous at the base, with several irregular black bands, with a white 
discal dot, with a double oblique white streak near the base, 
and with a very broad irregular interlined subapical white band. 
Hind wings brown, luteous at the base, near which there is a 
luteous band, the latter is attenuated hindward, and beyond it there 
are three pale brown bands. 
a — d. Port Natal. From M. Gueinzius’ collection. 
e. Ashanti. From the Wesleyan Missionary Society’s collection. 
/. Mauritius. From M. Becker’s collection. 
g. Port Natal. From Mr. Plant’s collection. 
h. Madagascar. From Mr. Stevens’ collection. 
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