LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 
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13. SlMAETHIS ELATELLA. 
Mas. Cinereo-fusca ; alee linea exteriore abbreviata alba , punctis 
marginalibus purpureis aut cvpreis, fimbria albo varia ; anticee 
lineis cinereis , reniformi e striga fuscescente obliqua albo mar- 
ginal ; poslicee striga discali alba. 
Male. Cinereous-brown. Antennae slender, more than half 
the length of the body. Wings with an abbreviated exterior white 
line ; marginal points metallic purple or cupreous ; fringe partly 
white. Fore wings with some slight transverse cinereous lines ; 
reniform mark represented by an oblique brownish white-bordered 
streak, having a little longitudinal white streak behind it. Hind 
wings with a large discal white streak. Length of the body If line; 
of the wings 4f lines. 
Ceylon. In Mr. Layard’s collection. 
14. SlMAETHIS EXCUSANA. 
Mas. Cupreo-fusca ; corpus sub ius album ; palpi leeves, graciles, 
albidi , articulis apice nigris , 2 o elongato ; pedes albi , nigro 
fasciati ; alee anticcc apice subrotunda tee, guttis duabus discali- 
bus unaque subapicali albidis , lituris subcostalibus punctisque 
subrnarginalibus purpureis micantibus ; posticce guttis duabus 
albis, fascia submarginali purpurea. 
Male . Cupreous-brown. Body white beneath. Palpi porrect, 
smooth, slender, whitish, extending very little beyond the head ; 
tips of the joints black ; third joint as long as the second. Antennae 
slender, minutely setulose. Legs white, with black bands. Fore 
wings slightly rounded at the tips, with two whitish discal dots, one 
interior, the other exterior ; a white more concise subapical dot ; 
some glittering purple subcostal marks and a submarginal row of 
glittering purple points; costa and exterior border almost straight, 
the latter slightly oblique. Hind wings with two white spots and 
with a submarginal purple band. Length of the body 2 lines ; of 
the wings 5 lines. 
Sarawak, Borneo. In Mr. Saunders’ collection. 
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