200 CATALOGUE OF 



Nyctemera SU BYE LATA. 



Mas. Obscure fusca ; caput album, vertice maculaque fuscis ; 

 palpi nigri, basi albi; thorax antice ochraceus, vittis duabus 

 et tegularum maryinalibus albis ; abdomen cinereum, lineis 

 duabus et segmentorum marginibus albis, apine luteum ; pedes 

 subtus albi ; alee aniicce venis basalibus fasciaque obliqua 

 maculari abbreviata albis ; posticce maculis quatuor elongatis 

 fuscis. 



Male. Dark brown. Head white; vertex and a spot in front 

 dark brown. Palpi black; second joint beneath and first joint 

 white; third lanceolate, shorter than the second. Thorax with two 

 white stripes, ochraceous in front; the four tegulae bordered with 

 white. Pectus with dark brown dots. Abdomen cinereous, with a 

 dark brown line on each side; hind borders of the segments white; 

 under side with a row of dark brown dots on each side ; tip luteous. 

 Legs white beneath. Fore wings with the veins white towards the 

 base; an oblique white band composed of seven elongated spots 

 extending from the costa towards the interior angle, but terminating 

 at some distance from the latter: first spot subcostal; second, third 

 and fourth forming a cluster; fifth very small; sixth and seventh 

 very long. Hind wings white, excepting* the veins, with an irregular 

 and very broad dark brown border. Var. /3. — Hind wings dark 

 brown, with four elongated white spots in the disk. Length of the 

 body 8 lines ; of the wings 22 — 24 lines. 



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



Nyctemeea velans. 



Mas. Obscure fusca ; caput apud oculos subtusque album ; palpi 

 nigri, basi albi ; thorax antice lutescens, tegulis albo margi- 

 natis ; pectus album, maculis quatuor laterali bus fuscis ; abdo- 

 men vittis duabus interlineatis albis, segmentis albido margi- 

 natis, apice luteum; pedes subtus albi; alee anticce venis 

 basalibus, striga fasciaque obliqua maculari abbreviata albis ; 

 posticce albce, venis margineque latissimo fuscis, 



Male. Dark brown. Head white about the eyes and beneath. 

 Palpi black; second joint beneath and first joint white. Thorax 

 pale luteous in front; the four tegulae with white borders. Pectus 

 white, with two large dark brown spots on each side. Abdomen 

 with a luteous apical tuft; hind borders of the segments whitish; a 

 white stripe on each side, interlined with brown; under side white, 



