743 CATALOGUE OF 



Var. /?. Male. Vertex with two black stripes. Prolborax with 

 several black marks. Abdomen almost as long as the hind femora. Hind 

 tibiae luteous. Fore wings cinereous; basal half with some brown patches 

 and with numereous brown dots and points; apical with several dots which 

 are formed by brown-clouded veins. Hind wings with the rosy part 

 slightly and irregularly bordered with brown. Length of the body lOj lines ; 

 expansion of the fore wings 22 lines. 



b. Hindostan. From Mr, Foxcrofl's collection. 



75. CEdipoda inficita. 



Mas. Fulva; caput suhascendens ; fastigium conicum, hicarinalum ; 

 carina qvatuor frontales bene determinatte ; antennce apices versus 

 nigricantes ; prothorax carinatus, plagis duabu.s nigris subquadratis 

 testaceo notatis et marginatis, margine postico rulundato ; femora 

 postica inlus testacea nigra biplagiata; tibits posticce JlavcB ; aim 

 anlicce cinereee, dimidio apicali vitreo, villa coslali fusca maculam 

 vilream includenle, villa discali obscuriore maculari ; alee posticcB 

 diaphance, basi rosea, fascia abbreviala lala nigricantc, slriga apicali 

 nigra. Var..'' — Alee postica basijlavce. 



Male. Tawny, testaceous beneath. Head short, slightly ascending ; 

 tip of the vertex conical, concave, with a keel on each side ; four keels of 

 the front well defined, the outer pair diverging much towards the face. 

 Eyes elliptical. Antennae blackish towards the tips, Prothorax short, with 

 a distinct keel and with the usual transverse furrows; on each side a black 

 subquadrate patch bordered with testaceous and including a callus of that 

 hue; hind border rounded, not elongated. Abdomen testaceous, as long as 

 the hind femora. Hind femora testaceous on the inner side, where there 

 are two black patches. Hind knees black. Hind tibiae yellow, much 

 shorter than ihe hind femora, their spines with black tips. Fore wings with 

 the basal half cinereous, excepting a brown costal stripe and a middle stripe 

 of darker brown spots and dots; this stripe extends along the apical half, 

 which is pellucid and has white veins, as has also a pellucid costal spot in 

 the costal stripe. Hind wings pellucid, bright rose-colour, and with rosy 

 veins towards the base and along the interior border; veins elsewhere black 

 or white, with some black bands ; a short black apical streak ; middle part 

 of the rosy hue broadly blackish-bordered. Length of the body 10 lines; 

 expansion of the fore wings 23 lines. 



It has much resemblance to CE. concinna, but the latter species has 

 shorter wings and cinereous hind wings. 



a. Ceylon. Presented by A. Paul, Esq. 



6, c. Sandwich Isles. Presented by Capt. Beechey. 



Var. /?. — Fore wings with the middle stripe almost obsolete. Hind 

 wings yellow towards the base. 



d. N. Bengal. From Lieut. Campbell's collection. 

 c. Ceylon. Presented by Dr. Templeton. 



