206 CATALOGUE OF 



Abdomen luteous along: each side, including a row of blackish brown 

 dots ; hind borders of the segments luteous ; under side luteous, with 

 a row of blackish brown spots along each side. Femora luteous 

 beneath. Wings white, with a broad brown border, which contains 

 two white spots in each wing. Fore wings luteous and with two 

 blackish brown dots at the base ; two brown stripes, one costal ; the 

 other along the interior border, including a white marginal streak ; 

 both stripes joining the brown border, and connected by an irregular 

 deeply excavated brown band. Length of the body 8 lines; of the 

 wings 26 liues. 



Amboina. In Mr. Saunders' collection. 



Nyctemera mutabilis. 



Mas. Nigro-fusca ; caput luteum, maculis duabus nigro-fuscis ; 

 palpi basi lutei ; antenna subpectinatce ; thorax tegulis scu- 

 telloque luteo late marginatis ; pectus luteum, guttis nigro- 

 fuscis ; abdomen luteum, maculis later alibus fasciisque nigro- 

 fuseis ; pedes sublus lutei ; alee anticce elongates, macula 

 basali lutea guttas duas nigro-fuscas includente, maculis 

 quinque albis ; posticus alba, fascia marginali fusca inter- 

 rupta. 



Male. Blackish brown. Head luteous; a large blackish 

 brown spot on the vertex, connected with a smaller one on the front. 

 Palpi blackish brown, luteous towards the base; third joint linear, 

 more than half the length of the second. Antennae slightly pectin- 

 ated. Thorax with the four tegula? and the scu tell urn broadly 

 bordered with luteous. Pectus luteous with blackish brown dots. 

 Abdomen luteous, with a brown band on each segment; the four 

 first bands conical in front; a row of blackish brown spots on each 

 side, and another row on each side beneath. Legs luteous beneath. 

 Wings elongate. Fore wings with a luteous basal spot, which con- 

 tains two blackish brown dots ; five white spots ; an elongate spot 

 near the base ; a very large spot extending from near the costa to 

 the disk ; a smaller spot near the first and second, but nearer the 

 interior border ; two spots very near the exterior border, the fore one 

 much smaller than the hind one. Hind wings white ; a brown band 

 along the exterior border, interrupted near the interior angle. 

 Length of the body 9 lines ; of the wings 26 lines. 



Amboina. 



