1610 CATALOGUE OP 



Palpi porrect, linear, very slender, shorter than the breadth of the 

 head ; third joint less than half the length of the second. Antennae 

 broadly pectinated. Abdomen much shorter than the interior border 

 of the hind wings. Wings very broad ; an indistinct postmedial 

 line of blackish points ; marginal points black, elongated ; fringe 

 white. Fore wings acute ; a chalybeous brown-bordered point in 

 the disk ; costa white ; exterior border straight, moderately oblique. 

 Hind wings with a chalybeous brown-bordered spot in the disk. 

 Length of the body 4 lines ; of the wings 10 lines. 



a. Swan River. From Mr. Diggles' collection. 



Genus EUCROSTIS, C. L. H. xxii. 565. 



EUCROSTIS FRUSTATORIA. 



frustatoria, Wlgn. Wien. Ent. Mon. vii. 150. 

 Caffraria. 



EUCROSTIS PYRRHOGONA. 



Fcem. Pallide glauco-viridis ; caput cervinum ; palpi porrecti, 

 graciles, lineares ; abdomen album, basi viride ; alee subkya- 

 lina, fascia marginali angusta rufa albo marginata nigro 

 interlineata ; anticcp costa rufa nigro conspersa. 



Female. Pale sea-green, paler beneath. Body beneath and 

 legs white. Head fawn-colour. Palpi smooth, slender, linear, as 

 long as the breadth of the head : third joint as long as the second. 

 Abdomen white, except at the base, a little shorter than the interior 

 border of the hind wings. Wings moderately broad, slightly hya- 

 line, with a narrow red white-bordered black-interlined marginal 

 band. Fore wings hardly aacute ; costa red, black-speckled ; ex- 

 terior border convex, rather oblique. Length of the body 2j lines ; 

 of the wings Si lines. 



a. South Hindostan. Presented by M. J. Walhouse, Esq. 



EUCROSTIS PERLEPIDARIA. 



Foem. Late viridis ; caput antice cervinum, vertice albo ; palpi 

 porrecti, lineares, gracillimi ; ala? lata, gutta media guttague 

 postica rufis albo marginatis, linea postmedia e punctis albis 

 rufo notatis, linea marginali flava, punctis marginalibus nigris 

 elongatis, fimbria alba ; antica guttis duabus posticis ; postica 

 margine exteriore vixfiexo. 



