1640 CATALOGUE OF 



punctis submarginalibus et marginalibus nigris ; postica gutta 

 nigricante apud marginem interiorem. 



Male. Ochraceous fawn-colour, paler beneath. Head ferru- 

 ginous. Fore tibiae and fore tarsi blackish above. Wings thickly, 

 minutely and transversely brown-speckled ; two silvery curved lines, 

 accompanied by black points; one submargiual, the other marginal. 

 Hind wings with a blackish dot on the interior border at somewhat 

 beyond two-thirds of the length. Length of the body 5 lines ; of 

 the wings 13 lines. 



Amazon Kegion. In Mr. Saunders' collection. 



Fam. MICRONID^l, C. L. H. xxiii. 813. 

 Genus MICRONIA, C. L. H. xxiii. 815. 



MlCRONIA DIRECTARIA. 



Mas et foem. Alba; caput antice nigricans ; palpi nir/ricantes, 

 linear es, oblique ascendentes ; aloe lineis septem cervinis ; an- 

 ticce lineis duplicatis, lineola basali cervina, strigis costalibus 

 nigris transvenis, linea marginali fusca ; posticce caudatce, 

 strigulis snbmarginalibus cervinis, linea nigra marginali apud 

 candam maculari. 



Male and female. White. Head blackish in front. Palpi 

 blackish, slender, obliquely ascending, not rising higher than the 

 vertex ; third joint linear, as long as the second. Fore legs blackish 

 above. Wings with seven transverse fawn-coloured lines, which 

 are more or less completely double in the fore wings, and are almost 

 entire in the hind wings. Fore wings acute, with a fawn-coloured 

 line very near the base; costa slightly convex, with little transverse 

 black streaks ; a brown marginal line ; exterior border almost 

 straight, rather oblique. Hind wings with many little lawn-coloured 

 streaks near the exterior border, which is caudate in the middle ; a 

 black marginal line, which is macular about the tail. Length of 

 the body 8—11 lines ; of the wings 30—34 lines. 



Very closely allied to M. caudata, but sufficiently different to 

 receive another name. 



Aru. Ceram. Mysol. In Mr. Saunders' collection. 



