436 CATALOGUE OP 



nigris. Foam. — Minor, vix viridescens ; alee Uneis tenuiori* 

 bus, fimbria breviore, 



Male. Whitish cinereous. Head and thorax pale green, the 

 former with a broad deep black band. Third joint of the palpi 

 elongate-conical, not more than one-fourth the length of the 

 second. Antennae simple. Abdomen crested. Wings very slightly 

 tinged with green ; exterior line black, denticulated, hardly undu- 

 lating, bordered on the outer side by an interrupted pale red brown- 

 speckled band, the latter limited by the white zigzag submarginal 

 line ; marginal dots black ; under side white, with a black discal 

 streak, and with a broad black regular submarginal band. Fore 

 wings with a black discal streak, and with a black dentate interior 

 line. The male differs especially from the female in the structure 

 of the liues of the wings, and in the exterior line being more re- 

 mote from the border. Length of the body 5 lines ; of the wings 

 12 lines. 



Female. Smaller, less tinged with green, and with a more pre- 

 valent reddish tinge. Wings with the lines more slender, the 

 curves of the lines differently formed ; fringe shorter ; under side 

 with the black band nearer the border. Length of the body 4 lines ; 

 of the wings 8 linejs. 



a — e. Hindostan. From Archdeacon Clerk's collection. 



Group 3. 



18. HyPOCHROMA POLYPHJENARIA. 



Mas. Flavo-viridescens, nigro conspersa, subtus lutea ; palpornm 

 articulus 3us brevissimus ; antennae pectinatee, triente apicali 

 filiformi ; abdomen fusco cristatum ; alee punctis marginalia 

 bus nigris, fascia subtus nigra lata subabbreviata ; anticee 

 fusco strigatee ; posticce luteee, viridescente latissime marginatee. 



Hypochroma polyphaenaria, Guen. Phal. i. 280, 446. 



Hindostan. 



Sarawak, Borneo. In Mr. Saunders' collection. 



Group 4. 



19. Hypochroma boarmiaria. 



Mas. Olivaceo-ochracea ; palporum articulus Sus brevissimus ; 

 antennce subpectinata, triente apicali filiformi ; alee fusco sa- 

 turate strigatm et plagiatee, subtus pa Hide fusco strigatce ma- 

 cula discali fasciaque latissima saturatioribus. 



