LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 
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marginal dots black, diffuse; fringe very broad. Fore wings 
rounded at the tips ; exterior border rather oblique ; reniform mark 
represented by a black spot. Length of the body 5 lines; of the 
wings 12 lines. 
Allied to P.farinalis in structure. 
a. Ceylon. Presented by E. Templeton, Esq. 
Var.? Mas. Fuscescente - cinerea, robusta ; palpi ascenclentes , 
articulo 2 o valido piloso subarcuato , So lineari ; antennce 
validcB , pubescentes ; abdomen alas posticus paullo superans ; 
pedes validi , glabri ; alee fusco conspersce et nebulosce , lineis 
duabus undulalis pallide cinereis , spatio basali fusco , guttis 
marginalibus obscure fuscis ; anticce apice rotundatce , reni- 
formi e gutta obscure fusca. 
Var.? Male. Brownish cinereous, stout, pale cinereous be- 
neath. Palpi obliquely ascending, not rising higher than the 
vertex ; second joint stout, pilose, slightly curved ; third joint 
linear, shorter and much more slender than the second. Antennae 
stout, pubescent. Abdomen extending a little beyond the hind 
wings. Legs stout, smooth. Wings moderately broad, tinged and 
speckled with brown; two pale cinereous undulating lines; space 
between the first line and the base brown ; marginal dots dark 
brown. Fore wings rounded at the tips; reniform mark represented 
by a dark brown dot. Length of the body 3 lines ; of the wings 
8 lines. 
b. Ceylon. Presented by R. Templeton, Esq. 
Obscure testacea , crassa ; palpi graciles , ascendentes , wr- 
ticem super antes , articulo So brevi lanceolato ; antennce sub- 
pubescentes , abdomen nigro conspersum , apice depressum , alas 
posticas perpaullo superans ; pedes validi , pubescentes ; alee 
latiusculee ; anticce nigro conspersce , apice rotundatce , rufes- 
cente et fuscescente varies , lunulis marginalibus nigris ; 
posticce cinerece , linea brevi exteriore pallida , fimbria sub- 
Male. Dull testaceous, very robust. Palpi slender, nearly 
erect, rising a little higher than the vertex ; third joint lanceolate, 
about one-fourth of the length of the second. Antennae very 
Pyralis Vitialis. ~ C (jrf) cplCcj 
rufescente. 
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