V2 1 CHARACTERS OF UNDKSCI! i r.KD 



40. EAGLES TRICOLOR. Sifts. Fulva, capite bifasciculato, an- 

 tennis dimidio basali late pectinatis, abdomine alas posticas perparara 

 superante dorso nigro fascicule apicali minirno, pedibus nigricantibus 

 falvo dense pilosis, alls anticis lanceolatis nigro subconspersis linea 

 recta obliqua nigricante plaga subtus magua nigra subcostal!, alis 

 posticis roseis fulvo rnarginatis subtus fulvis linea postmedia obliqua 

 pallide fusca. 



Male. Tawny. Head with a tuft at the base of each of the 

 antennae, which are broadly pectinated to half their length and are 

 shorter than the thorax. Abdomen extending very little beyond the 

 hind wings, black above, except at the base and at the tip ; apical tuft 

 very small. Legs blackish, short, thick ; femora and tibiae thickly 

 clothed with tawny hairs. Fore wings lanceolate, indistinctly black- 

 speckled, with a straight blackish line, which extends from near the 

 tip of the costa to somewhat beyond the middle of the interior border ; 

 under side with a large black subcostal patch at a little before half 

 the length. Hind wings above rosy red, tawny along the exterior 

 horder ; under side with an oblique postmedial pale brown line, which 

 does not extend to the interior border. Length of the body 13 lines ; 

 of the wings 41 lines. 



This species has a remarkable resemblance in colouring to some of 

 the Australian (Enochromida. It differs much from the other species 

 of the genus. 



41. EAGLES SUFFUSA. Mas. Lutea, palpis porrectis hrevissimis 

 articulo 3o minimo, antennis brevissimis late pectinatis, thorace postice 

 rufesceute, abdomine alas posticas vix superaute, tibiis fimbriatis, alis 

 anticis rufescentibus apice rotundatis plagis tribus strigaque luteis, 

 alis posticis ochraceis plaga apud angulum interiorem lutea. 



Male. Luteous. Palpi porrect, very short, not extending beyond 

 the head ; third joint extremely small. Antennae very short, broadly 

 pectinated. Hind part of the thorax reddish. Abdomen hardly 

 extending beyond the hind wings. Legs short, stout ; tibiae fringed. 

 Fore wings reddish, except a large luteous patch near the costa, 

 another on the interior border before the middle, a smaller luteous 

 patch before the fore part of the exterior border, and a luteous streak 

 between the first and second inferior veins ; tips rounded ; exterior 

 border slightly convex, rather oblique. Hind wings ochraceous, with 

 a luteous patch by the interior angle. Length of the body 10 lines ; 

 of the wings 28 lines. 



Limas. 



42. HY.DRIAS CANIFASCIA. Mas. Rufescens, cinereo conspersa, 

 palpis cinereis crassis dense pilosis caput superantibus extus hasi 



