148 CATALOGUE OF 



36. Ch^erocampa FIRM ATA. 



Fusca, subtus testacea ; capitis thoracisque latera argenteo-cana ; 

 palpi apice albidi ; thorax vitta lata media argenteo-cana 

 strigisque duabus lateralibus auratis ; abdomen vittis quatuor 

 lateralibus luteis subauratis lineaque dorsali duplicata subar- 

 gentea ; alee anticce vittis duabus nigro-fuscis argenteo mar- 

 ginatis, vittis duabus posterioribus fuscis, gutta discali nigra, 

 costa ferruginea, vittula diffusa subcostali argenteo-cana ; 

 poslicm vitta fulva. 



Brown, pale testaceous beneath. Head and thorax silvery, 

 hoary along each side. Palpi with whitish tips. Thorax with a 

 broad silvery hoary middle stripe, and with two lateral gilded 

 streaks. Abdomen with four lateral pale luteous slightly gilded 

 stripes, and with a double dorsal silvery white line, which is single 

 towards the tip. Fore wings somewhat freckled with brown about 

 the borders, ferruginous along the costa, with a black discal dot, 

 with a silvery hoary tinge in front of a dark brown stripe, which is 

 intersected by two paler lines ; a posterior silvery white stripe, to 

 which succeeds another dark brown stripe, which has a silvery 

 white hind border; two brown stripes between the latter and the 

 exterior margin. Hind wings with a slight tawny stripe near the 

 exterior margin, which has whitish ciliae. Length of the body 

 14 lines ; of the wings 28 lines. 



This species has much resemblance to C. sobria, but is quite 

 distinct. 



a. Australia. From Mr. Stevens' collection. 



Genus 15. ELIB1A. 



Ala? latiuscula? ; anticae acuminata?, apud costam vix convexas, 

 margin e exteriore subrecto mediocriter obliquo ; posticae apice 

 rotundatae, margin e exteriore sat denticulato. 



Wings somewhat broad. Fore wings hardly convex in front, 

 acuminated at the tips, almost straight and moderately oblique 

 along the exterior border. Hind wings rounded at the tips, dis- 

 tinctly denticulated along the exterior border. 



