244 DEUTEROCOPUS RITSEM^. 



dorsal margin is a tuft of bronzy scales below the first 

 fissure and another larger bronzy cloud below the second 

 fissure. Hind-wings dark ferruginous with purplish tinge 

 in the fringes especially towards the apex of the lobes ; 

 there is a small tuft of darker scales on the dorsal mar- 

 gin before the middle of the posterior lobe, a spatule of 

 bronzy-brown scales at its apex. Abdomen bright ferrugi- 

 nous with a raised band of shining silvery scales above 

 the middle , a conspicuous yellowish white spot preceding 

 the anal segments. The posterior legs are bright ferrugi- 

 nous, banded with white on the tibiae and first tarsal joint; 

 ■with long tibial spurs also indistinctly banded, the raised 

 tufts at their bases rather less conspicuous than in the 

 allied D. Tengstroemi. underside of thorax and abdomen 

 very pale yellow; the anal tuft ferruginous. Expanse of 

 fore- wings 11 mm. 



Java (Mulie). — A single specimen. 



This species differs from Deuterocopus Tengstroemi Zell. 

 (Linn. Ent. VI. p. 402) in the presence of the white spots 

 and in the pale bases of the lobes of the fore-wings, also 

 in the less thickly scaled posterior legs and in the ab- 

 sence of scales in the spurs themselves. Only one species 

 of the genus has hitherto been described, but I have lately 

 received another species from Bathurst, West Africa. 



London, August 1884. 



Notes from tlie Leyden Miuseum, "Vol. "VI. 



