204 CATALOGUE OF 



Nyctemeea crescens. 



Mas. Nigro-fusca; caput apud oculos subtusque luteum ; antennce 

 pectinaice ; thorax tegulis scutelloque albido marginatis ; 

 abdomen fasciis quinque albis duabusque luteis, segmento \o 

 vittis duabus albis; femora subtus lute seen ti a ; alee anticce 

 venis basalibus, striga securiformi, fascia exteriore lata incisa 

 abbreviate margineque interiore albis ; posticce alba?, margine 

 lato undulato fusco. 



Male. Blackish brown. Head luteous about the eyes and 

 beneath. Palpi luteous towards the base. Antennae moderately 

 pectinated. Thorax with the four tegulae and the scutellum whitish- 

 bordered. Pectus luteous, with some black spots. Abdomen with 

 a white band on the hind border of each segment; a white stripe on 

 each side of the first segment; bands of the sixth and seventh seg- 

 ments and apical tuft luteous ; under side luteous, with four rows of 

 blackish brown spots, which successively decrease in size towards 

 the tip. Femora pale luteous beneath. Fore wings with the veins 

 white towards the base, and with a securiform white streak which 

 extends from the base and at its tip occupies the whole space 

 between the median vein and the submedian vein ; a broad irregular 

 exterior white band, which is slightly abbreviated at each end, and 

 is much notched on its inner side; interior border white for nearly 

 two-thirds of its length from the base. Hind wings white, with a 

 broad brown border, which is undulating on its inner side. Length 

 of the body 8 lines; of the wings 12 lines. 



Morty. In Mr. Saunders' collection. 



Nyctemera separata. 



Foem. Nigro-fusca ; caput apud oculos subtusque albidum ; palpi 

 basi albidi ; thorax tegulis scutelloque luteo marginatis ; pectus 

 luteum, maculis nigro-fuscis ; abdomen fusco-cinereum, seg- 

 mentis albido marginatis ; femora subtus alba; ala antica 

 fusca, pun c to basali luteo, striga, fascia exteriore obliqua 

 abbreviata maculisque tribus submarginalibus albis; posticus 

 alba:, margine lato fusco guttas duas albas includente. 



Female. Blackish brown. Head whitish about the eyes and 

 beneath. Palpi whitish towards the base; third joint very short. 

 Antennae smooth. Thorax luteous about the borders of the four 

 tegulse and about the scutellum. Pectus luteous, with some blackish 

 brown spots. Abdomen brownish cinereous ; hind borders of the 



