176 Mil. r. ■WALKER ON IIOMOI'TEIIA 



veins and transverse costal veins numerous, the latter regular; a few 

 of the marginal veins forked ; hind wings white, — Var. fi. Fore wings 

 broadly and irregularly purplish-bordered along the costa and along 

 the exterior margin. Length of the body 4 lines, of the wings 13 

 lines. 

 Hab. Waigiou. 



233. Nephesa subjecta. Mas. Testacea, capite lateribus subeari- 

 natis, vertice longo unicarinato, fronte transversa tricarinata, meso- 

 thorace tricarinato, abdomine cristato apice densissime iloccoso, alis 

 auticis pallide viridibus venis transversis plurimis, venis marginalibus 

 furcatis, alis posticis albis. 



Male. Testaceous. Head with slightly prominent borders ; vertex four 

 times as broad as long, with one keel ; front a little broader than 

 long, with rounded borders and with three keels, the keel on each 

 side slightly curved outward ; face not keeled. Prothorax arched, not 

 keeled, Mesothorax with three keels, the lateral keels converging 

 slightly hindward. Abdomen with crested segments, and with an 

 apical mass of compact white filaments. Fore wings pale-green, tuber- 

 culate at the base, with the tip and the interior angle rounded ; a 

 slight oblique postmedial fold, retracted near the costa ; transverse 

 veins beyond the crease rather numerous ; costal transverse veins 

 numerous, regular ; marginal veins mostly forked. Hind wings white, 

 with a few forked veins and with two transverse veins. Length of 

 the body 3^ lines, of the wings 10 lines, 



Hab. Makian; Celebes, 



The less prominent vertex and the more rounded fore vrings 

 distinguish it from i\r, chlorospila. 



234, Nephesa decolor, Mas. Pallidissime flava, fronte, prothorace 

 et mesothorace tricarinatis, pectore, segmentorum abdominalium mar- 

 ginibus pedibusque albidis, alis anticis ochraceo pallido sufFusis 

 venis transversis plurimis, alis posticis albis. 



Male. Very pale yellow. Head with slightly prominent borders ; ver- 

 tex full four times as broad as long ; front not longer than broad, 

 • with rounded borders and with three keels, the keel on each side 

 slightly curved outward, united to the middle one near the vertex. 

 Prothorax arched, with three keels, the keel on each side very oblique. 

 Mesothorax with three keels, the keel on each side hardly curved 

 outward. Pectus, hind borders of the abdominal segments, and legs 

 whitish. Fore wings with a pale saffron tinge, which hardly appears 

 in the disk, beset with tubercles, which are mostly at the base and 

 along the adjoining part of the hind border ; transverse veins in the 

 disk and transverse costal veins very numerous. Hind wings white. 

 Length of the body 4 lines, of the wings 14 lines. 



Hab. Mysol ; Waigiou. 



