272 CATALOGUE OF 



vertex ; third joint extremely minute, conical, not more than one- 

 sixth of the length of the second. Antennae pubescent. Legs 

 smooth, rather short ; femora furrowed ; middle tibiae slightly 

 curved ; hind tibiae incrassated ; spurs moderately long. Wings 

 ample, stout ; exterior border angular, hardly scolloped or dentate. 

 Fore wings subfalcate; costa straight; hind part of the exterior 

 border very oblique. Hind wings with the interior angle quadrate ; 

 exterior border nearly rectangular. 



Dana la Laxtaeia. 



Foem. Pallide cervina ; caput et thorax anticus ferruginea ; ab- 

 domen apicem versus purpurascente-cinereum ; alee nigro con- 

 spersce, lineola submarginali postica lineaque marginal?, inter- 

 rupta f err ugineis^ fimbria albido-cinerea^ tinea subtus obliqua 

 exteriore e guttis nigris ; anticce apud angulum interiorem 

 purpurascente-cinerece ; posticce purpurascente-cinereum. Var. 

 /3. — Alee antica? testaceo biplagiatce ; postica uniplagiatce. 



Female. Pale dull fawn-colour. Head and fore border of the 

 thorax ferruginous. Abdomen purplish cinereous towards the tip. 

 Wings black-speckled ; fore wings about the interior angle and 

 nearly the whole of the hind wings tinged with purplish cinereous ; 

 submarginal line ferruginous obsolete, except towards the interior 

 angle ; marginal line ferruginous, interrupted ; fringe whitish cine- 

 reous ; under side with an oblique exterior line of black dots, 

 which are hardly apparent above. Var. /3. — A testaceous patch 

 near the exterior part of the costa of each wing, and a smaller tes- 

 taceous patch near the interior costa of the fore wings. Length of 

 the body 5 lines ; of the wings 14 lines. 



Sarawak, Borneo. In Mr Saunders' collection. 



Genus AZATA. 



Fcem. Corpus sat gracile. Fasciculus frontalis non porrectus. 

 Proboscis brevis. Palpi breves, compressi, caput perpaullo super- 

 antes ; articulus 3us minimus. Antennae graciles, subserratse. 

 Pedes glabri, sat graciles ; tibiae posticae non incrassatee. Alse 

 amplae, margine exteriore angulato; anticae subfalcatae, costa recta, 

 margine exteriore antico excavato ; posticae abdomen longe super- 

 antes, marginis exterioris angulo anguloque interiore quadralis. 



Female. Body rather slender. Frontal tuft not prominent. 

 Proboscis short. Palpi short, compressed, extending very little be- 



