220 CATALOGUE OF 



VlTESSA ZEMIRE. 



Phalaena Zemire,* Cram. Pap. Exot. iv. 149, pi. 367, f. 1 — Cosme- 

 this Zemire, Hb. Verz. Schm. 179, 1852. 



Amboina. 



VlTESSA PYRALIF0RM1S. 



Foam. Cyanea, crassa ; cuput et thorax lutea ; caput nigro bigut- 

 tatum; palpi cyanei, subtus lutei ; thorax cyaneo quadrino- 

 tatus ; pectus antice et abdomen apice lutea; ala? anticat 

 purpureo-varia?, fascia basali angulata, fascia lata antice 

 attenuata strigas cinereas emittente, fascia exteriore lata abbre- 

 viata strigaque subcostali albis, strigis marginalibus cinereis ; 

 posticus purpurea?, fimbria albida. 



Female. Deep blue, very stout. Head and thorax luteous. 

 Head with a black dot at the base of each of the antennae. Palpi 

 deep blue; first and second joints clothed beneath with luteous hairs. 

 Thorax with a deep blue band on each of the fore tegulae and a deep 

 blue spot on each of the hind te^ulae. Pectus luteous in front. 

 Abdomen with a luteous apical tuft. Fore wings mostly purple 

 hindward and towards the tips ; an irregular white band close to 

 the base; a broad white band near the base, attenuated in front, 

 emitting some cinereous streaks to another broad white band, which 

 is abbreviated at each end and is opposite the interior an«:le ; a small 

 transverse white mark near the costa between the bands ; a row of 

 cinereous streaks between the second band and the exterior border. 

 Hind wings mostly purple, with a whitish fringe. Length of the 

 body 10 lines; of the wings 28 lines. 



New Guinea. In Mr. Saunders' collection. 



VlTESSA PYRALIATA. 



Mas. Cyanea ; caput ochraceum ; palpi apice nigri ; antenna 

 nigra?; thorax ochraceo marginatus ; pectus album; abdomen 

 apice ochraceum, segmentis albo marginatis ; pedes albo varii ; 

 ala? antica? maculis duabus basalibus oehraceis, puncto macu- 

 laque subcostulibus, macula discali, gutta postica strigulisque 

 nonnullis albis ; postica? purpurea?, fascia lata obliqua alba % 

 fimbria albida basifusca. 



Male. Deep blue. Head and palpi ochraceous. Third joint 

 of the palpi black, rather shorter than the second. Antennae black, 



