44 CATALOGUE OF 



sat anguslce, lituris nigro-fuscis, fascia marginali flavescente 

 maculuta ; antica vitta discali strigas quatuor emiltente ; pos- 

 ticcB vittis duabus parallelis extus abbreviatis. 



Body brown, pale yellow beneath. Head, thorax, base of the 

 abdomen and most of the wings with golden green reflections. 

 Antennas dingy yellowish towards the tips. Abdomen speckled 

 with numerous slightly gilded scales; an ochraceous stripe along 

 each side. Wings elongate, rather narrow, somewhat fawn-coloured 

 above, mostly pale yellowish beneath ; markings blackish brown, 

 most definite on the under side ; marginal band containing a row 

 of pale yellowish spots. Fore wings with a discal stripe, which 

 extends from the base to nearly two-thirds of the length and emits 

 two streaks inward to the costa and two others outward to the hind 

 part of the exterior border. Hind wings with two parallel discal 

 stripes, which are abbreviated exteriorly. Length of the body 

 14 lines ; of the wings 36 lines. 



Nearly allied to G. Linus. 



a. Guayaquil. From Mr. Stevens' collection. 



Genus SYNEMOX. 



Synemon catocaloides. 



Mas. Nigm-cinerea., subtus alba ; antennce albo annulate; abdo- 

 men guttis duabus subapicalibus futvis, fasciculo apicali 

 albido, segmentis subtus albido marginatis ; alee anticce squamis 

 plurimis pallide cinereis, macula discali nigro-ferruginea, 

 fasciis duabus subtus latis obliquis rufis, 2a maculari antice 

 alba; postica fasciis duabus connexis rufis. 



Male. Blackish cinereous. Body and palpi white beneath. 

 Antenna? with white rings ; club white beneath. Abdomen with a 

 tawny subapical dot on each side and with a whitish apical tuft; 

 hind borders of the segments whitish beneath. Fore wings with 

 numerous pale cinereous scales ; a blackish ferruginous spot in the 

 disk before the middle ; under side black, with two broad irregular 

 oblique bright red bands, which are abbreviated hindward ; a sub- 

 marginal band composed of six spots, of which the first and second 

 from the costa are white and the other four are red. Hind wings 

 with some long yellowish hairs at the base, and with two broad 

 irregular bright red partly connected bands, which are abbreviated 

 towards the costa ; a submarginal band composed of three red spots, 

 much abbreviated towards the costa ; under side with the first band 



