CATAMECIA. 



541 



SmT. I. Antennae of male Berrate. 



4272. Catamecia furtiva. 



Axylia furtiva, Swinh. P. Z. S. 188a, p. 448 ; Hmpsn. Moths Tn<l. ii. 

 p. 2(V3. 



Head and thorax greyish ochreous mixed with (lark reddish 

 brown; palpi blackish; some blackish between antennae; tarsi 

 fuscous ringed with ochreous ; abdomen ochreous slightly irrorated 

 with black, the crest at base black. Fore wing pale yellowish 

 suffused with cupreous brown except in submedian interspace and 

 on postmedial area, the terminal area whitish except at apex, the 

 veins with slight dark streaks, more prominent on terminal area ; 

 subbasal line represented by slight double dark striae from costa, 

 the antemedial line by slight double dark striae from costa and 

 inner margin; claviform absent; orbicular indistinct, whitish, 

 undefined, with slight black streaks before and beyond it in discal 





Fig. 150. — Catamecia furtiva, rf , §. 



fold ; reniform whitish, its centre defined by some black points and 

 with slight dentate black mark before it in discal fold and blackish 

 spot beyond its lower extremity : postmedial line represented by a 

 double series of slight dark points on the veins, bent outwards 

 below costa and oblique below vein 4 ; an oblique dark shade from 

 apex ; subterminal line represented by a brown shade on its inner 

 side, angled inwards in submedian fold : a terminal series of black 

 points ; cilia dark brown intersected with white. Hind wing 

 yellowish white tinged with brown ; cilia whitish. 



Hah. Bombay, Poona (SwinJwe), 1 J , 1 2 tyP e « E.rj>. 24 

 millim. 



Sect. II. Antennae of male ciliated. 



A. Fore wing with black streak below base of cell. 



a. Fore wing with black streak in submedian told between 



ante- and postmedial lines connect ens. 



h. Fore wing without black >4reak in submedian fold between 



ante- and postmedial lines deceptri.v. 



B. Fore wing without black streak below base of cell. 



a. Fore wing with the claviform filled in with black-brown... minima. 



b. Fore wing with the claviform not filled in with black- 



brown. 

 a 1 . Fore wing with the reniform angled inwards on median 



nervure jordana. 



b\ Fore wing with the reniform not angled inwards on 



median nervure contrila. 



