1922 CATALOGUE OF 



Male. White. Head in front, palpi and branches of the an- 

 tennae fawn-colour. Thorax with a short pale ochraceous stripe. 

 Abdomen pale ochraceous. Anterior tibiae and tarsi mostly fawn- 

 colour above. Fore wings with a pale fawn-coloured spot at the 

 end of the areolet, and with a pale ochraceous fawn-colour marked 

 spot near the exterior border, which is slightly tinged with ochraceous 

 and fawn-colour. Hind wings with the fringe fawn-colour along 

 the hind part of the excavation. Length of the body G lines; of the 

 wings 20 lines. 



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



Genus PEGELLA. 



Mas. Corpus sat gracile. Proboscis nulla. Palpi brevissirai, 

 decumbentes. Antennae subpectinatae. Abdomen longum, cylin- 

 drical), alas posticas valde superans; fasciculus apicalis minimus. 

 Pedes breves, subpilosi. A he anticae elongatae, acuta?, sat lata?, 

 margine exteriore fere recto sat obliquo. 



Male. Body comparatively slender. Proboscis obsolete. Palpi 

 decumbent, very short. Antennae slightly pectinated. Abdomen 

 long, cylindrical, extending very far beyond the hind wings; apical 

 tuft very small. Legs short, slightly pilose. Wings long. Fore 

 wings acute; exterior border almost straight, rather oblique. 



Pegella curvifera. 

 Mas. Alba ; palpi nigri, ban albi ; antenna nigral ; aim punctis 



marginalibus nigris elongatis ; antica linen antemedia angulosa 

 fasciaque media obliqua fuscis connexis, puncto, lunula Uiua- 

 que exteriore obliqua fuscis. 



Male. White. Palpi black, white towards the base. Antenna- 

 black. Tarsi and fore tibiae black. Wings with black marginal 

 much elongated points, which are most distinct in the fore wings. 

 Fore wings with a zigzag brown line near the base joining the hind 

 end of an oblique brown middle band, which is dilated towards the 

 interior border ; an exterior oblique brown line slightly converging 

 towards the band as it approaches the interior border: a brown p°oint 

 and a brown lunule in the disk, the latter connected at each end 

 with the interior side of the band. Length of the body 13 lines ; of 

 the wings 31 lines. 



a. Philippine Isles. From Mr. Stevens' collection. 



