238 CATALOGUE OF 



Body stout. Proboscis obsolete. Palpi short, stout, recurved 

 on the head, which thereby has a conical appearance. Antennae 

 wanting. Abdomen oblanceolate, rather more than twice the 

 length of the thorax. Legs stout, pilose, rather short ; hind tibiae 

 with no apparent spurs. Wings moderately broad, not long. 

 Fore wings nearly straight in front, hardly acuminated, almost 

 straight and moderately oblique along the exterior border ; interior 

 border slightly concave towards the interior angle ; inferior veins 

 much as usual. Hind wings rounded at the tips, entire and even 

 along the exterior border. 



1. Daphnusa ocellaris. 



Mas. Cinerea, subtus rufescens ; thorax fascia antica cervina ; 

 abdomen fasciis interrupts fuscis maculisque intermediis ob- 

 scurioribus ; alee antica lineis nonnullis transversis undulosis, 

 fascia ante basali obscuriore, necnon macula flava strigaque 

 testacea apud angulum inieriorem ; posticus cinereo-fuscce, 

 fasciis duabus obscurioribus strigisque apud venas rufescen- 

 tibus. 



Male. Cinereous, mostly red beneath. Thorax with a fawn- 

 coloured band in front. Abdomen with interrupted brown bands, 

 and with a row of intermediate darker brown spots. Fore wings 

 with some undulating transverse brown lines, with a darker brown 

 band near the base, and with a large yellow spot, accompanied by a 

 testaceous streak, near the interior angle. Hind wings cinereous- 

 brown, with two indistinct darker bands, and with reddish streaks 

 on the veins. Length of the body 15 lines; of the wings 34 

 lines. 



a. Borneo. From Mr. Horsburgh's collection. 



2. Daphnusa colligata. 



Mas. Cervina; thorax maculis duabus later alibus fuscis ; postice 

 pallidior ; alee anticce disco ex parte cinereo, apud costam 

 albidce, vitta discali fusca, fascia exteriore obliqua arcuata 

 albida, macula apicali fusca guttaque argenteo discali; pos- 

 tica? fusees centes, apud angulum inieriorem pallidior es striga 

 obscure fusca, margine exteriore cervino. 



Male. Fawn-colour. Thorax with a brown spot on each side 

 by the lore wing ; hind part paler. Fore wings partly cinereous in 



