1558 CATALOGUE OF 



in the hind wings. Fore wings acute ; exterior horder straight, 

 rather oblique. Length of the body 5 lines; of the wings 

 17 lines. 



Singapore. In Mr. Saunders' collection. 



Decetia mcestakia. 



Foem. Nigricans ; palpi breves, graciles, oblique ascendentes, 

 articulo So minimo ; pedes graciles ; alee linea ferruginea, 

 recta obliqua. 



Female. Blackish, blackish cinereous beneath. Palpi slender, 

 obliquely ascending, not rising so high as the vertex ; third joint 

 extremely small. Antennae slender. Legs slender, moderately 

 long. Wings broad, with a ferruginous line, which extends from 

 near the tip of the fore wing to half the length of the interior border 

 of the hind wing ; under side with a short transverse blackish streak 

 in the disk and with an exterior undulating blackish line. Fore 

 wings acute; exterior border straight, moderately oblique. Length 

 of the body 6 lines ; of the wings 18 lines. 



Sumatra. In Mr. Saunders' collection. 



Decetia chalyb^eata. 



Foem. Ferrugineo-rufa, chalybceo suffusa; alee ampla, nigricante 

 strigatee, lineis duabus e punctis nigricantibus albido notatis ; 

 anticce vix falcatee, litura apicali albida, margine exteriore vix 

 obliquo. 



Female. Ferruginous-red, chalybeous-tinged, shining. Wings 

 very ample, minutely and transversely blackish-streaked ; two lines 

 of blackish whitish-marked points. Fore wings acute, hardly falcate ; 

 a very irregular whitish mark on the tip of the costa ; exterior border 

 very slightly convex and oblique. Length of the body 6 lines; of 

 the wings 21 lines. 



Sumatra. In Mr. Saunders' collection. 



Decetia dichromata. 



Mas. Pallide ochracea ; caput antice nigricans ; palpi breves, 

 vix ascendentes, articulo 3o lanceolato ; antennce late pecti- 

 natce, apices versus nudee ; pedes graciles, breviasculi ; alee 



