28 CATALOGUE OF 



Male. Brown. Head white beneath. Antennae black. 

 Pectus and under side of the abdomen testaceous-whitish. Abdo- 

 men with metallic-green reflections ; each segment with a blackish 

 and a luteous spot on each side. Fore wings with three or four 

 indistinct oblique slightly undulating darker lines. Hind wings 

 reddish ochraceous, broadly and irregularly brown along the exte- 

 rior border. Length of the body 12 lines ; of the wings 20 lines. 



Closely allied to M.gyrans, from which it may be distinguished 

 by having no whitish subapical band on the abdomen. 



a — g. North Australia. Presented by J. R. Elsey, Esq. 



Genus DEIDAMTA. 

 Deidamia, Clms. Journ. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philad. 1859, 137. 



Deidamia inscripta. 

 Thyreus ? inscriptus, Cat. Lep. Het. 2nd Ser. 100. 



Genus PERIGONIA. 



Perigonia obliterans. 



Fcem. Subochracea, olivaceo subtincta, caput subtus cinereum ; 

 thorax cinereo hivittatus ; abdomen fasciis quatuor nigris 

 late interruptis lineisque quatuor transversis abbreviatis pallide 

 cinereis ; ala antic® subfalcatce, lineis sex fuscis obliquis 

 undulatis diffusis indistinctis, spatio exteriore cinerascente ; 

 posticce ferruginecB. 



Female. Very dull ochraceous, with a slight olive tinge, cine- 

 reous-brownish beneath. Head cinereous beneath. Antennae 

 brownish cinereous. Thorax with two cinereous stripes extending 

 from the head to the base of the fore wings. Abdomen with four 

 widely interrupted black bands and with four transverse abbreviated 

 pale cinereous lines ; apical part dark cinereous. Fore wings sub- 

 falcate, with six brown] diffuse indistinct oblique undulating lines ; 

 sixth line joining the interior angle, more distinct and concise than 

 the others ; exterior space tinged with cinereous. Hind wings fer- 

 ruginous. Length of the body 15—18 lines ; of the wings 33 — 35 

 lines. 



a. North Hindostan. Presented by Capt. Strachey. 



b. Hindostan. From the Entomological Society's collection. 



