1692 CATALOGUE OF 



the head ; third joint conical, about one-fourth of the length of the 

 second. Antennae stout, minutely pubescent. Tegulae of the thorax 

 whitish-bordered. Abdomen yellowish cinereous, with two brown 

 stripes, a little shorter than the interior border of the hind wings ; 

 apical tuft small. Fore wings acute, with several transverse whitish 

 more or less undulating lines, which mostly join an ochraceous 

 whitish-bordered abbreviated and widely-forked band ; veins mostly 

 whitish ; marginal line whitish ; exterior border slightly convex, 

 rather oblique. Hind wings whitish, with three dentate cinereous 

 lines and with cinereous veins. Length of the body 6 lines; of the 

 wings 18 lines. 



a. North Hindostan. From Mr. Russell's collection. 



ClDAEIA DECRETA. 



Fcem. Cinerea ; caput et thorax nigricantia ; palpi caput non 

 superantes ; abdomen basi nigricans, punctis lateralibus nigris; 

 alee anticce linea basali nigra subrecta, fascia antemedia nigri- 

 cante, fascia media nigricante lata undulata nigro marginata 

 antice dilatata lineam cineream angulosam includente, fascia 

 exteriore undulata pallida cinerea nigricante marginata lineam 

 fuscam includente, linea submarginali albida angulosa ; pos- 

 ticce puncto medio nigricante, lineis nonnullis fuscis subundu- 

 latis antice obsoletis. 



Female. Cinereous. Head and thorax blackish. Palpi 

 blackish, porrect, not extending beyond the head. Abdomen not 

 extending beyond the hind wings, blackish towards the base ; a row 

 of black points along each side. Wings with a black marginal 

 festoon. Fore wings acute ; a black almost straight line near the 

 base; a blackish antemedial band; a broad blackish undulating 

 black-bordered middle band, which contains an indistinct zigzag 

 cinereous line and is dilated in front ; an exterior narrow undulating 

 pale cinereous band, which includes a brown line and is blackish- 

 bordered on the outer side; marginal space mostly clouded with 

 brown, including a whitish zigzag submarginal line; exterior border 

 convex, moderately oblique. Hind wings with a blackish point in 

 the disk and with some brown slightly undulating lines, of which 

 most are obsolete towards the costa. Length ot tLe body 2\ lines ; 

 of the wings 1\ lines. 



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



