COLLECTED AT SARAWAK. 177 



fusca, orbicular! nigra punctiformi, reniformi maxima fusco et purpu- 

 reo margiuata, plagis duabus subtus obscure fuscis, alis posticis nigri- 

 cantibus luteo fasciatis cervino marginatis. 

 Female. Fawn-colour. Third joint of the palpi capitate. Knees sil- 

 very. Abdomen extending a little beyond the hind wings. Fore 

 wings with some indistinct, diffuse, more or less bent, slightly darker 

 lines, and with a straight longitudinal brown line, which extends from 

 near the hind end of the reniform mark to the tips ; orbicular mark 

 forming a black point ; reniform mark very large, elongate, concave 

 on the outer side, bordered with brown and with purple ; underside 

 with two dark brown patches. Hind wings blackish, broadly bordered 

 with fawn-colour, and containing a dentate luteous band, which on 

 the under side is limited to a luteous black-bordered patch. Length 

 of the body 16 lines ; of the wings 46 lines. 



Gen. PoTAMOPHOKA, GuSn. 



398. Potamophora Manlia, Cram. Pap.Exot. i. 144, pi. 92. f. A (Pha- 

 laena Noctua). 



Inhabits also Hindostan, Ceylon, China, Java, and the Philippine Islands. 

 The wing-markings of this species are very variable. 



399. Potamophora ferrifracta, n. s. F(Bm. Fusca, alis lineis 

 tribus nigris angulatis deviis pallido marginatis, spatio medio pallido 

 atorais nigris, macula magna pallida, fascia subtus lata informi marga- 

 ritacea, alis anticis striga lata rufo-ferruginea nigro marginata, alis 

 posticis litura apud angulum interiorem ferruginea nigro interlineata. 



Female. Brown, with many hoary hairs. Wings with three very irre- 

 gular and angular black lines, which are bordered with cinereous buff ; 

 space between the 2nd and 3rd lines of the same pale hue, thickly 

 speckled with black, except in front ; a large pale spot resting on a 

 streak, which connects the 2nd line with the 1st; under side with a 

 broad very irregular pearly white band. Fore wings with a broad, 

 reddish-ferruginous, partly black-bordered zigzag streak, which ex- 

 tends from the tips to the 3rd transverse line. Hind wings with a 

 ferruginous black-interlined mark by the interior angle. Length of 

 the body 14 lines ; of the wings 36 lines. 



Earn. OMMATOPHOEID^, Guen. 



Gen. Ommatophoea, GiiAn. 



400. Ommatophora luminosa. Cram. Pap. Exot. iii. 147, pi. 274. f. D 

 (Phalaena.) 



Inhabits also Java and the Philippine Islands. 



Gen. Nyotipao, Huhn. 



401. Nyctipao crepuscularis, hinn. Syst. Nat. i. 2. 2811. 13 (Phalsena 

 Attacus). 



Inhabits also Hindostan and Java. 



