1816 CATALOGUE OF 



Nemotois profusella. 



Mas. Cuprea, micans ; caput ochraceum ; antenna? alba; alct 

 anticce purpureo varies, fascia basali strigaaue costali brevi 

 lata ochraceis obliquis ni<jro marginatis, linea postmedia macu- 

 laque submarginali nigris. 



Male. Brilliant cupreous. Head ochraeeous. Antennae sil- 

 very white, cupreous at the base, four times ibe Length of the lore 

 wings. Fore wings varied with purple; an o >l:que ochraeeous band 

 near the base, bordered tritfa black on the outer side; a broad short 

 oblique costal postmedia! ochraeeous black-bordered streak; a black 

 line extending from the outer side of the streak to the interior 

 border; a black submarginal spot. Hind wings cupreous, whitish 

 along the costa; fringe gilded. Length of the body 2 A- lines: of 

 the wings 8 lines. 



New Guinea. In Mr. Saunders' colta I 



Genus ALA VON \, C. L. II. xxviii. 514. 



Alavona cossusella, C. L. II. xxviii. 015. 



Var. ? Mas. Citi ■:; palpi porrectt\ caput per- 



paullo superanteS) articulo 3o lanceolate 2i dimi .re; 



abdomen alas posticus longc superans; pedes robusti ; ala? an- 

 ticic fusco subreticulatce, spatio postico albido plagam fuscam 

 inclitdtnb, linea submarginali fusca indeb pusticcc 



subconsperscc. 



Male. Cinereous, brown-speckled, very stout Proboscis obso- 

 lete. Palpi perfect, extending very little beyond the head; third 



joint lanceolate, less than half the length of the second. Antenna „ 

 rather broadly pectinated. At domen pale fawn-colour, very pilose, 

 extending much beyond the hind wings. Legs stout ; spurs long. 

 Fore wings rounded at the tips, incompletely reticulated v\ith brown ; 

 space along the interior border whitish, including a brown patch ; 

 an irregular transverse brown line near the exterior border, which is 

 rounded and rather oblique. Hind wiugs very minutely speckled ; 

 veins darker. Length of the body 6J lines; of the wings 17 lines. 



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



