184 WALKEE ON HETEEOCEROUS LEPIDOPTEEA 



isque ventralibus albis ; alis purpureo-nigris, anticis maculis quatuor 

 vitreis, posticis macula una vitrea. 

 Female. Blackish-green. Front, antennae towards the tips, and two 

 humeral spots white. Antennae simple. Abdomen with a white band 

 at the base, and with another on the fifth segment, and with white 

 ventral bands. Wings purplish-black ; fore wings with four vitreous 

 spots ; the fore one of the interior pair not one-third of the size of the 

 hind one, which is very long ; the fore one of the exterior pair much 

 narrower than the hind one, and accompanied at its inner end by an 

 elongated vitreous point ; hind wings with an elongated vitreous spot. 

 Length of the body 4| lines ; of the wings 12 lines. 



6. Syntomis xanthomela, n. s. Mas. Nigra; fronte, thoracis mar- 

 gine antico abdominisque fasciis ochraceis ; antennis apice albis, ab- 

 dominis fasciculo pallide cinereo ; alis anticis maculis quinque vitreis, 

 posticis maculis duabus vitreis. 



Male. Black. Front, fore borders of the thorax and hind borders of 

 the abdominal segments ochraceous ; dorsal tuft pale cinereous, rather 

 large. Antennae simple, white towards the tips. Fore wings with five 

 vitreous spots, of which the basal one is small and round, and the 

 other four large and elongated ; the exterior pair intersected by the 

 black veins. Hind wings with two vitreous spots, of which one is 

 basal and the other discal. Length of the body 4 hues ; of the wings 

 9 lines. 



Earn. LITHOSIID^. 



G-en. Nyctemeea, Rubner. 



/ 7. Nyctemera mundipicta, n. s. Mas et Foem. Fusca; capite 

 thoraceque albo vittatis ; abdomine albo guttis dorsalibus fuscis ; alis 

 anticis basi albo venosis, fascia exteriore obliqua postice abbreviata 

 alba, posticis albis fusco marginatis. Fcem. Thorace fascia postica 

 lutea, abdomine fusco fasciis albis; alis anticis fascia latiore vix 

 abbreviata. 

 Male. Brown. Head and thorax with white lines. Antennae moderately 

 pectinated. Pectus with black spots, luteous on each side. Abdomen 

 white, with brown dorsal dots ; tip luteous. Legs white. Fore wings 

 with white veins towards the base, and with an exterior oblique white 

 band, which is narrower hindward, and ends at some distance from 

 the interior border. Hind wings white, with a broad brown border. 

 Female! Larger. Antennae slightly pectinated. Thorax with a slight 

 luteous band in front, and another hindward. Abdomen brown, with 

 a white band on the hind border of each segment ; under side white, 

 with brown spots along each side. Fore wings with the band much 

 broader, hardly straightened hindward, and ending very near the 

 interior border. Length of the body 5-6 lines; of the wings 16-20 

 lines. 



