160 CATALOGUE OF 



Genus SATARA. 



Mas etfcem. Corpus robustum. Proboscis brevissima. Palpi 

 porrecti, breves, valid! ; articulus 3us conicus. Pedes laeves, brevi- 

 usculi, sat validi, calcavibus brevissimis. Alae latiusculae, apice sub- 

 rotuudatae. Mas. — Antenna? subpectinatae. Abdomen alas posticas 

 longe superans. Fcem. — Antennae subsetulosae. Abdomen alas 

 posticas perpaullo superans. A Is longiores, latiores. 



Male and female. Body stout. Head prominent. Proboscis 

 very short. Palpi porrect, short, stout, hardly extending* beyond 

 the head ; third joint conical. Legs smooth, rather short and stout ; 

 spurs very short. Wings rather broad, slightly rounded at the tips ; 

 discal fold distinct; first, second and third inferior veins approxi- 

 mate; fourth remote. Male. — Antennae slightly pectinated. Ab- 

 domen extending much beyond the hind wings. Female. — Antennae 

 minutely setulose. Abdomen extending very little beyond the hind 

 wings. Wings longer and broader than those of the male. 



Satara .eqtjata. 



Mas et foem. Nigro-fusca ; caput subtus, thoracis margo anticus, 

 pectus et abdomen lutea ; antennce albido fasciatce ; abdomen 

 fasciis abbreviatis connexis lineisque quatuor macularibus 

 nigris ; pedes luteo vittati ; alee fascia obliqua lutea ; anticce 

 fascia fusco uniguttata. 



Male and female. Blackish brown. Head beneath, fore border 

 of the thorax, pectus and abdomen luteous. Antennae with a whitish 

 band above near the tips. Abdomen with broad abbreviated con- 

 nected dorsal black bands, and with four lateral rows of black spots. 

 Coxae mostly luteous; femora and hind tibiae striped with luteous. 

 Wings with a luteous band, which extends from a little beyond the 

 middle of the costa of the fore wings to near the end of the interior 

 border of the hind wings ; this band is broader in the female than 

 in the male, and contains in the hind wings of the former a brown 

 dot near its inner side. Length of the body 9 lines ; of the wings 

 22—28 lines. 



a, b. Celebes. From Mr. Wallace's collection. 



