LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA 
1015 
Female . Testaceous, slender, whitish beneath. Head white 
about the eyes. Palpi pale fawn-colour, porrect, broad, rostriform, 
acute, a little longer than the breadth of the head, pure white beneath, 
as is also the fore pectus. Antennas slender. Abdomen not extending 
beyond the hind wings. Legs slender ; middle legs rather longer 
and stouter than the fore wings. Wings moderately broad; marginal 
points black. Fore wings acute; interior and exterior lines blackish 
denticulated, indistinct, very slight, the latter much bent; orbicular 
and reniform marks large, irregular ; fringe dark cinereous. Hind 
wings testaceous-whitish, with an indistinct cinereous line. Length 
of the body 3j lines ; of the wings 8 lines. 
a. Ceylon. Presented by R. Templeton, Esq. 
Scopula Evenoralis. 
Mas. Pallide lutea , sat valida , subtus alba ; caput ochraceum ; 
oculi albo cincti ; pedes intermedii subincrassati ; tibia antic a 
fusco bifasciatce ; alee ampla, fascia marginali lata purpurea , 
linea exterior e fuscescente indistincta ; anticce acutce , linea 
exteriore jlexa , lunula discali fuscescente , punctis marginalibus 
nigris. 
Male . Pale luteous, moderately stout, white beneath. Head 
ochraceous, white about the eyes, pure white beneath, as is also the 
fore pectus. Middle legs slightly incrassaied ; tibiae striped with 
brown. Fore tibiae brown, with a white band. Wings ample, with 
a broad marginal purple band ; exterior line brownish, indistinct. 
Fore wings acute, with a brownish discal lunule ; exterior line bent ; 
marginal points black. Length of the body 6 lines ; of the wings 
14 lines. 
a. North China. From Mr. Fortune’s collection. 
Scopula? Accalis. 
Fcem. Fusca , vix robusta ; palpi lanceolati, capitis latitudine 
paullo longiores ; antenna valida ; abdomen alas posticas 
paullo superans ; pedes sat robusti ; ala sat angusta, linea 
exteriore obliqua albido-cinerea , linea marginali pallida ; 
antica acuta, f err ugineo varia , striga discali ochracea , maculis 
tribus magnis fuscis apud marginem interior em ,• postica 
macula discali pallida . 
