264 CATALOGUE OF 



nigro maculatis, subtus album nigro fasciatum ; alee longis- 

 simce ; posticce quo ad costam et anticce fasciis sex cinereis 

 nigro-alboque marginatis ; anticce venis albis nigro mar- 

 ginatis. 



Male. Bright rosy red. Head whitish about the eyes, with a 

 whitish point on the vertex and another on the front. Palpi black, 

 hardly extending beyond the head, rosy at the base, white beneath, 

 except at the tips; third joint very minute. Thorax in front with 

 two white transverse spots, each of which contains a black transverse 

 dot; hinder part with three white streaks, each of which contains a 

 cinereous black-bordered streak. Abdomen luteous, rosy towards 

 the base; each segment, except the first, with a transverse black 

 spot; under side white with black bands. Legs black; femora and 

 tibiae with white stripes ; femora also with rosy stripes. Wings very 

 long. Fore wings with six cinereous bands, which are bordered 

 with black and with white, and are intersected by the white black- 

 bordered veins. Hind wings with a continuation on the costa of the 

 third, fourth and fifth bands of the fore wings. Length of the body 

 8£ lines ; of the wings 24 lines. 



a. Moulmeine. Presented by H. Whitely, Esq. 



Var. 0. Marks on the thorax with the white part much more 

 limited. Abdominal spots larger. Bands of the fore wings broader, 

 their white borders narrower. Hind wings with the costal marks 

 longer. 



b. Southern China. From Dr. Seemann's collection. 



Genus KUSCINA. 



RUSCINA L^TIFEKA. 



Mas. Lutea ; palpi nigri, porrecti, caput non superantes; antenna 

 setulosa ; pedes nigri ; ala? aniica fasciis tribus nigris, 

 la 2aque latissimis, la basali, 2a extus valde arcuata, 3a mar- 

 ginali ; posticus fascia marginali lata nigra, 



Male. Luteous. Palpi black, porrect, not extending beyond 

 the head; third joint acute, very minute. Antennae black, stout, 

 minutely setulose. Abdomen not extending beyond the hind wings. 

 Legs black, stout, smooth; spurs short. Fore wings with three 

 black bands ; first and second bands very broad ; first basal ; second 

 beyond the middle, much curved outward on its outer side; third 

 marginal, narrow, broadest at the tips. Hind wings with a broad 



