1646 CATALOGUE OF 



of the second. Antennae rather stout. Wings rather broad, with a 

 brown undulating postmedial line ; an incomplete brown line very 

 near the exterior border. Fore wings acute ; a black point in the 

 disk ; exterior border slightly convex, moderately oblique. Hind 

 wings bidentate ; an irregular black ringlet in the disk. Length of 

 the body 3^ lines ; of the wings 10 lines. 



New Guinea. In Mr. Saunders' collection. 



Erosia inc la rata. 



Fcem. Ochraeea ; caput nigro bipunctatum ; palpi nigri, porrecti, 

 caput superantes, arlicuto So longi-conico basi apiceque och- 

 raceo, thorax niveus, teyuiis anticis ochraceis nigro conspersis ; 

 abdomen basi niveum, subtus punctis nigris bilineatutn ; alee 

 nigro conspersce, lineis duabus nigris macularibus ; anticce 

 plaga vittaque postica albis ; posticus vitta costali nivea lata 

 lineam ochraceam obliquam nigro conspersam includente, mar- 

 gine exieriore bidentato. 



Female. Ocbraceous. Head with a black point on each side 

 in front. Palpi black, porrect, smooth, extending beyond the head, 

 shorter than the breadth of the latter; third joint elongate-conical, 

 ochraceous at the base and at the tip, about half the length of the 

 second. Antennae hardly stout. Thorax pure white ; fore tegulae 

 ochraceous, black-speckled. Abdomen pure white at the base; 

 under side with a row of black points on each side. Fore legs black 

 above. Wings black-speckled ; two black macular lines ; second 

 line submarginal, much more complete than the first. Fore wings 

 rectangular at the tips; a white patch in the disk beyond the middle 

 and a white stripe near the interior border. Hind wings with the 

 exterior border festooned and bidentate; a broad irregular pure 

 white costal stripe, obliquely intersected by an ochraceous black- 

 speckled line. Length of the body 2i lines ; of the wings 7 lines. 



This is a somewhat aberrant form of Erosia. 



Siam. In Mr. Saunders' collection. 



Erosia instabilata. 



Fcem. Alba ; alcefusco vix cons per see ; anticce gutta media, guttis 

 duabus costalibus guttisque quatuor marginalibus nigris, 

 fascia marginali ochraeea abbreviata nigro conspersa ; posticce 

 ochraeea, bidentata, nigro conspersa, vitta costali alba lata* 



