496 CATALOGUE OF 



7. TEYXALIS SCITULA. 



Testacca, T. nasutae simillima ; alse anticce villa nigricante informi 

 interrupta ; ales postica diaphana, venis teslaceis ban flavis apice 

 nigris. 



Female. Testaceous. Head and prothorax like those of T. nasuta in 

 structure, with whitish keels and with three ferruginous stripes on each 

 side. Cone of the head shorter than the eye. Antennas reddish. Keels 

 of the prothorax slightly diverging from each other near the hind border, 

 which is acutely angular. Fore wings occasionally with an irregular 

 abbreviated and interrupted blackish stripe. Hind wings pellucid ; 

 veins testaceous, yellow towards the base, blackish towards the 

 tips; transverse veins mostly black; apical veins clouded with brown. 

 Length of the body 16 18 lines; expansion of the fore wings 28 32 

 lines. 



The dark veins of the hind wings distinguish it from T. nasuta, of 

 which, however, it may be a mere variety. 



a. Australia. Presented by the late Earl of Derby. 



b. North Australia. Presented by J. R. Elsey, Esq. 



c. Swan River. Presented by Sir J. Richardson. 



d. Australia. 



8. TBYXALIS LATIVITTA. 



Mas. Viridis out cervina, T. nasutae simillima ; caput sat ascendens ; 

 prothorax carinulis intermediis instructus, carinis lateralibus postice 

 arcuatis, margine postico acutissimo ; alee anticce villa discoidali e 

 maculis albidis niyro marginatis vittogue nigra nonnunquam obsoleta ; 

 aid: posticce diaphance, margine exteriore fusco, venis apicem versus 

 venulisque transversis nigris. 



Male. Green or fawn-colour. Head and prothorax much like those 

 of T. nasuta, with three brownish or pale testaceous stripes on each side. 

 Head rather more ascending than that of T. nasuta ; cone shorter than the 

 eye. Prothorax with some very slight keels besides the three principal 

 keels ; the two lateral keels diverging from each other and much rounded 

 near the hind border, which is very acutely angular. Fore wings with a 

 discal stripe of whitish black-bordered semi-oval spots, which are in some 

 cases accompanied by a blackish stripe. Hind wings pellucid ; veins 

 towards the tips and transverse veins black or blackish ; exterior border 

 clouded with brown. Length of the body 1421 lines ; expansion of the 

 fore wings 2736 lines. 



The head is more ascending than that of T. nasuta, and the hind wings 

 distinguish it more than T. scitula from that species. 



a. Cape. Presented by R. W. Townsend, Esq. 



b, c. South Africa. Presented by Sir A Smith. 



