428 CATALOGUE OF 



Note. — Agathia, next to Hypochroma in the Synopsis of Genera, 

 p. 312, may be re-united to it, and is distinct from Guenee's genus 

 Agathia, which belongs to the Geometridce. 



Africa. 



1. Hypocheoma Abyssinaria. 



Foem. Flavescente-alba ; alee f unco conspersa, linea valde dentata 

 lineaque marginali atris, fascia marginali subtus nulla ; an- 

 ticce tinea interiore atra dentata, striga discali fuscescente. 



Hypochroma Abyssinaria, Guen. Phal. i. 277, 438. 



Abyssinia. 



The five following species resemble H. ruginaria in structure, 

 and have much the same colour and markings. 



2. Hypochroma respondens. 



Mas. Albido-cinerea, fusco conspersa ; caput fascia interrupta 

 nigra ; palporum articulus 3us 2o vlx brevior ; abdomen sub- 

 cristatum ; alee linea exteriore nigra denticulata subundulata, 

 linea submarginali alba angulosa, striga discali fusca indis- 

 tincta, fascia subtus nulla; anticce linea interiore nigra 

 undulata. 

 Male. Whitish cinereous, thickly brown-speckled. Head 

 with a narrow interrupted black band. Third joint of the palpi 

 almost as long as the second. Abdomen slightly crested. An- 

 terior tibiae and larsi 1;hown, with whitish bands. Wings with 

 an exterior black denticulated slightly undulating line, and with a 

 "submarginal zigzag white line; marginal lunules black; discal 

 streak brown, indistinct ; under side white, without markings. 

 Fore wings with an interior black undulating line. Hind wings 

 much prolonged hindward. Length of the body 7 lines; of the 

 wings 16 lines. 



a. South Africa. Presented by Sir A. Smith. 



3. Hypochroma alterata. 



Fcem. Alba, cinereo sub conspersa ; caput fascia lata nigra ; pal- 

 porum articulus Sus 2o longior ; abdomen cristatum ; aloe 

 linea exteriore nigra undulata dentata, linea submarginali 

 obsoleta, fascia nigra subtus valde interrupta ; anticce linea 

 interiore nigra vix undulata, striga discali tenui fusca ; pos- 

 tica cristate. 



