LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 
961 
Hydrocampa Crisonalis. 
Foem. Cinerea, gracilis, fusco confertissime punctata; palpi gra - 
dies , arcuati , ascendentes , articulo 3o longi-conico ; abdomen 
alas posticas sat superans ; alee linea submarginali tenuifusca ; 
anticee apice rotundatee , punctis duobus basalibus fuscis, linea 
exteriore lutea perobliqua valde Jlexa , reniformi e punctis duo - 
bus ; posticce pallidiores , /mew duabus luteis indistinctis vix 
obliquis. 
Female . Cinereous, very thickly and minutely speckled with 
brown, slender, white beneath. Palpi slender, curved, ascending, 
not rising higher than the vertex; third joint elongate-conical, about 
one-third of the length of the second. Antennae slender. Abdomen 
extending rather beyond the hind wings. Legs smooth, slender. 
Wings moderately broad, with a slight submarginal brown line. 
Fore wings somewhat rounded at the tips, with two discal brown 
points near the base, and with two other brown points representing 
the reniform mark ; exterior line luteous, much bent, very oblique ; 
exterior border very oblique. Hind wings paler, with two indistinct 
nearly longitudinal luteous lines. Length of the body \\ lines; of 
the wings 12 lines. 
a. Ceylon. Presented by B. Templeton, Esq. 
Hydrocampa Drancesalis. 
Foem. Fuscescente-cinerea , sat gracilis ; caput subtus pectusque 
anticum nivea ; palpi albidi , breves , lati , acuti , ascendentes , 
extus fusco strigati ; abdomen subflavescens , alas posticas sat 
superans ; alee fusco conspersee , lineis undulatis fuscis , linea 
marginali ochracea , fimbria albida aut cinerea basi nigra ; 
anticce apice rectangulatee . 
Female. Brownish cinereous, rather slender. Head beneath 
and fore part of the pectus pure white. Palpi whitish, short, broad, 
acute, obliquely ascending, with a brown streak on the outer side. 
Abdomen pale yellowish, extending rather far beyond the hind wings. 
Wings moderately broad, with slight undulating brown lines, speckled 
also minutely with brown ; marginal line ochraceous ; fringe black 
at the base. Fore wings rectangular at the tips ; fringe whitish 
cinereous in the middle part. Hind wings with the fringe cinereous, 
