1838 CATALOGUE OF 



the head; second joint grooved on the inner side; third lanceolate, 

 longer and much more slender than the second. Antenna* stout, 

 minutely crenulated, a little longer than the fore win;: 

 smooth, stout ; hind tibia? and hind tarsi long; spurs long, slender. 

 Wings elongate, rather narrow. Fore wings acute; exterior border 

 straight, moderately oblique. 



SlOVATA PULCHERRIMI- J.LA. 



Mas. Cupreo-fusca ; antenna? apices versus argenteo-albce ; pedes 

 pallide aurato-flavcc, cupreo fasciati ; ala antiea chalybao- 

 cyanece^plagis triius ochraccis ui<jrn marcjinaiis. spatio mar- 

 ginali cupreo -fuscn, line* suL)narijinali chalybau-cyanea, 

 fimbria aurato-albida ; poiticM cuj>rtic. 



Male. Cupreous-brown. Palpi cupreous. Antenna cupreous, 

 silvery white for more than one-third 01 the length from the 

 Legs pale gilded yellow; femora cupreous; tibia? and tarsi with 

 cupreous bands, which are most distinct on the fore legs. Fore 

 wings tinged with chalybcnus-bluc for three-fourths of the length 

 from the base; three OCnraceoUfl black-bordered patches: first patch 

 basal; second antemedial ; third postmedial J a few ochraoi 

 speckles between the third patch and a chalybeons-blue Mihruargiual 

 line; fringe gilded whitish, cupreous towards the . 

 under side and hind wings cupreous. Length ot the body 4 ? lines ; 

 of the wings 10 lines. 



a. Java. Presented by the Secretary of tic India Board. 



Genus YKXTIA. 



Mas. Corpus sat robustum. Proboscis nulla. Palpi porrecti, 

 graciles, subarcuati, capitis laiitudine non breTiores; articulus 2us 

 suhtus late fimbriates; 3os laneeolatus, 2o vix brevier. Abo. 



sublanugiuosum, alas posticas dimidio BUperans, apice bicornutum ; 

 sexualia sat magna. Pedes longi, pTaciles. Ala? ai I 



sat angusta?, apice rotundata\ COSta apicem versus subtimbriata, 

 margine exteriore perobliquo. 



Male. Body rather stout. Proboscis obsolete. Palpi porrect, 

 slender, slightly curved upward, as long as the breadth of the head; 

 second joint broadly fringed beneath; third lanceolate, near 

 long as the second. Abdomen slightly lanuginous, extending for 

 half its length beyond the hind wings, with an erect horn on each 



