96 CATALOGUE OF 



Female. Fawn-colour, ochraceous beneath. Body pale cinereous 

 beneath. Pal pi very short. Hind tibiae hardly thickened. Wings very 

 thickly speckled with ferruginous; two ferruginous, straight, parallel 

 lines ; the exterior one extending from three-fourths of the costa of the 

 fore wings to one-fourth of the interior border of the hind wings ; a 

 black discal point; two exterior incomplete slightly curved nearly 

 upright brown lines. Fore wings with prominent tips ; costa with the 

 exterior part marked with black and slightly concave ; exterior 

 border convex. Hind wings with the interior angle somewhat pro- 

 longed. Length of the body 7 lines ; of the wings 21 lines. 



This species may belong to the genus Cratoptera. 

 a. Para. From Mr. Bates collection. 



8. Gynopteryx Gygearia. 



Mas. Cinereo-cervina, subtus ochracea ; caput antice ferrugineum ; 

 palpi vix ascendentes ; antennae pectinatce, apice simplices ; 

 tibia posticce subincrassatce ; alee nigro conspersce, tinea ferru- 

 ginea extus albido submarginata ; anticce subfalcata, tinea 

 postice arcuata, tinea interiore ferruginea valde angulata, 

 tituris duabus costalibus diffusis cinereis, puncto discali nigro, 

 plaga fusca maculaque fiavescente posticis connexis ; posticae 

 tinea subundulata, gutta discali nigra, 



Male. Cinereous fawn-colour, ochraceous beneath. Head in 

 front and palpi ferruginous ; the latter hardly ascending, with a mi- 

 nute conical third joint. Antennae pectinated to three-fourths of 

 the length. Hind tibiae slightly incrassated. Wings with a ferru- 

 ginous line, which is indistinctly bordered with whitish on the outer 

 side ; speckles black, very minute, brown and more conspicuous on 

 the under side. Fore wings subfalcate ; line curved towards the 

 interior border ; a less distinct and very angular ferruginous interior 

 line ; two cinereous diffuse costal marks ; a black discal point ; a 

 brown patch near the interior border connected wite a pale yellow 

 spot. Hind wings with the line slightly undulating ; discal dot 

 much larger than that of the fore wings. Length of the body 8 lines ; 

 of the wings 22 lines. 



a. Ega. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



