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extending to the base in the hin;l wings; 2d, postmedial, forked 

 in the fore wings, including a black undulating line; marginal fes- 

 toon black; fringe white; under side with the pellucid bands 

 broadly and irregularly blackish-bordered. Length of the body 

 3| lines; of the fore wings 10 lines. 



Gen. Vatica. 

 Foem. Corpus gracile. Oculi magni, prominuli. Proboscis valida; 

 palpi ascendentes; articulus 2""' late fimbriatus; 3"^ brevissimus. 

 Thoracis tegulje nosticas longa3. Abdomen alas posticas longe 

 superans. Pedes Iseves, graciles; femora postica fimbriata; tibiae 

 posticae brevissimse. Alaj anticae amplse, subacutse, margine 

 exteriore convexo. Alae posticte fasciculo longo apud marginein 

 interiorem. 



Female. Body slender. Eyes large, prominent. Proboscis 

 stout. Palpi ascending, applied to the head; 2nd joint broadly 

 fringed; 3rd very short. Hind tegulse of the thorax long. Abdo 

 inen extending much beyond the hind wings. Legs smooth, 

 slender; hind femora fringed; fore tibiaa very short; hind tibiae 

 with one spur in each pair extremely long. Wings ample. Fore 

 wings slightly acute; exterior border rounded, moderately oblique. 

 Hind wings with an elongate tuft in the disk near the interior 

 border, which is broadly fringed. 



The tuft on the hind wings distinguishes this genus from Botijs, 

 to which it is closely allied. 



63. Vatica rutilalis. Foem. Ochracea; corpore subtus pedi- 

 busque argenteo albis; femoribus anticis extus nigiicantibus, tibiis 

 anticis apice nigris; alls anticis vittis diffusis spatioque exteriore 

 rufis, liuea transversa postmedia arcuata costa fimbriaque nigris; 

 alis posticis nigro late marginatis. 



Female. Ochraceous. Body beneath and legs silvery white. 

 Proboscis testaceous. Fore femora blackish on the inner side; 

 fore tibiae with black tips. Fore wings with diffuse red stripes, 

 which extend to a black curved transverse postmedial line, beyond 

 which the wings are red; costa and fringe black; under side with 

 the apical part corresponding to the red part above blackish. 

 Hind wings with a broad black border. Length of the body 6 

 lines; of the fore wings 14 lines. 



