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1. Erebomorpha FULGURITA. 



Mas et.foem. Ochracea, antice fuscescens ; abdomen basi albo 

 fasciatum ; alee nigro confertissime strigatce ; anticce vitta lata 

 fasciaque tenui obliqua albis ; posticce vitta lata arcuata inter- 

 rupta vittaque postica tenui abbreviata basique albis. 



Male and female. Ochraceous. Head and fore part of the 

 thorax and anterior legs mostly brown. Abdomen with a white 

 band at the base. Wings transversely and very thickly streaked 

 with black; the streaks here and there confluent; a broad white 

 stripe occupying the base of the hind wings, parallel to the costa of 

 the fore wings, irregular and attenuated towards the tips ; under 

 side with the white marks more prevalent. Fore wings with a slen- 

 der white band extending obliquely from the end of the interior 

 border to the stripe. Hind wings with a curved broad white stripe, 

 which is interrupted towards the tips, and with a hinder slender 

 abbreviated white stripe, which is nearly in a line with the band of 

 the fore wings. Length of the body 8—10 Hues ; of the wings 

 28—32 lines. 



Hindostan. In Mr. Saunders' collection. 



2. Erebomorpha fulguraria. 



Mas. Ochracea ; abdomen supra fuscum, basi albo fasciatum ; 

 tibia posticce sat incrassatce ; alee confertissime nigro strigata? ; 

 anticce acutce, subfalcatce, vitta alba discali angulata fascias 

 tres tenues emittente ; posticce albo trivittatce, vitta la costali. 



Male. Ochraceous. Head brown in front. Abdomen brown 

 above, with a white band at the base. Legs blackish brown ; hind 

 tibiae moderately incrassated. Wings transversely and very thickly 

 streaked with black ; under side with the white markiugs somewhat 

 diffuse. Fore wings acute, subfalcate, with a white cliscal stripe, 

 which forms an obtuse angle, and thence emits a band to the inte- 

 rior border and two more slender bands to the costa. Hind wings 

 with a white costal stripe, which is terminated by a second white 

 stripe; the latter from the disk to the interior border is approximate 

 and nearly parallel to a third white stripe, which extends from the 

 tips. Length of the body 10 lines ; of the wings 28 lines, 

 a. ? Presented by E. Doubleday, Esq. 



