SYNONYM. 



P. suBFASciATA. Nobis, Long's second Expe- 

 dition, vol. ii. p. 308. 



DESCRIPTION. 



Body honey-yellow : head a little more tinged 

 with rufous, paler beneath: antennx blackish; 

 first joint yellowish on the inner and inferior 

 irides: superior wings dull-ochreous, covered 

 with bullae, or minute raised points, with a 

 dusky inner and terminal margin ; on each are 

 two subequal, transverse, dusky spots, the ante- 

 rior one near the middle, and connected with 

 the inner margin; the posterior one a little 

 undulated, placed nearer the anterior spot, than 

 to the tip of the wing. 



Variety a. Spots of the superior wings obso- 

 lete, or wanting. 



OBSERVATIONS. 



Rather smaller than the preceding species, 

 and very distinct from it. It is easily known 



PLATE 44. 



