272 CATALOGUE OF 



GODASA MACULATRIX. 



Mas. Cinerea ; caput maculis duabus connexis fasciaque nigris, 

 facie Jlava ; palpi lutei, apice nigri ; thorax nigro duodecem 

 guttatus ; abdomen luteum, maculis lateralibus nigris ; alcB 

 anticce dimidio basali maculis nigris^ dimidio apicali fusco; 

 posticce lutea?, macula discali nigra, fascia mar ginali fusca. 



Male. Cinereous, with a tinge of fawn-colour. Head with 

 two connected black spots on the vertex, and with a black band in 

 front; face yellow. Palpi luteous; second joint black above; third 

 wholly black. Antennae black, cinereous at the base. Thorax with 

 about twelve black dots. Pectus and abdomen luteous ; the latter 

 with black dots along each side above and beneath. Coxa? and 

 femora striped with black ; tibia? and tarsi with black bands. Fore 

 wings from the base to half the length with black spots, which are 

 most prevalent on the costa; exterior half dark brown. Hind wings 

 luteous, with a black spot in the disk, and with a brown marginal 

 band, which extends from the interior angle to the costa, where it is 

 broadest. Length of the body 8 lines ; of the wings 26 lines. 



a. Sierra Leone. From Mr. Foxcroft's collection. 



Genus CUROBA. 



Mas. Corpus gracile. Proboscis mediocris. Palpi porrecti, 

 laeves, capitis latitudine non longiores; articulus 3us lanceolatus, 

 2o brevior. Antenna? graciles, subserrata?, subsetulosa?. Abdomen 

 alas posticas non superans. Pedes laeves, graciles; calcaria lon- 

 giuscula. Ala? antica? latissima?, subacuta?, margine exteriore con- 

 vexo obliquo; postica? abdomen superantes. 



Male. Body slender. Proboscis moderately long. Palpi por- 

 rect, smooth, not longer than the breadth of the head ; third joint 

 lanceolate, much shorter than the second. Antenna? slender, 

 minutely serrated and setulose. Abdomen not extending beyond 

 the hind wings. Le^s smooth, slender; spurs rather long. Wings 

 very broad. Fore wings slightly acute; exterior border convex, 

 moderately oblique. Hind wings extending beyond the abdomen. 



CUROBA EASCIATA. 



Mas. Fusca ; pectus miniatum, fusco guttatum ; abdomen lateri- 

 bus ventreque luteis,gutiis lateralibus nigris ; alee antica fascia 

 alba subobliqua subincisa ; postica fasciis duabus latis undu- 

 latis miniatis, 2a submarginali antice maculari. 



