284 CATALOGUE OF 



striga antica lata transversa fusca ; posticce angulo interiore 

 subproducto. 



Female. Pale cinereous fawn-colour. Head with a black point 

 on the vertex and with another on the front; hind border rosy. 

 Palpi rosy, with a black band and with black tips. Antennae black, 

 rosy at the base. Thorax with two black points on each of the four 

 tegulae and with six on the disk. Abdomen with black points on 

 each side above and beneath, rosy towards the tip above. Legs 

 rosy; femora striped with fawn-colour; anterior tibiae and fore tarsi 

 blackish above ; a black spot on each of the fore coxae. Wings 

 semihyaline, with brown tips. Fore wings with three black points 

 at the base, and with a broad brown streak across the end of the 

 discal areolet. Hind wings with the interior angle rather prominent. 

 Length of the body 10 lines; of the wings 32 lines. 



Bourn. In Mr. Saunders' collection. 



Creatonotos caudipennis. 



Mas et fcem. Cinereo-cervina, ; caput nigro biguttatum ; palpi 

 nigri, roseo bifasciati ; thorax nigro quatuor decern gutlatus ; 

 abdomen maculis lateralibus nigris ; alee apice fuscce ; antica 

 basi nigro tripunctatee, striga antica transversa fusca, plaga 

 exteriore albida transversa semihyalina ; posticce subcaudatce, 

 Mas. — Abdomen flavescensy apice roseum ; aim posticce albidce. 

 Foem. — Abdomen roseum ; alee posticce striga antica transversa 

 fusca. 



Male and female. Cinereous fawn-colour. Head with a black 

 dot on the vertex and another on the front; hind border rosy red. 

 Palpi black, with two rosy bands. Antennae black, smooth, rosy at 

 the base. Thorax with two black dots on each of the four tegulae 

 and with six on the disk. Abdomen extending beyond the hind 

 wings, with black dots along each side above and beneath. Legs 

 rosy ; a black spot on each of the fore coxae ; femora striped with 

 cinereous fawn-colour ; tibiae and tarsi black above. Wings with 

 brown tips. Fore wings with a whitish transverse semihyaline patch 

 beyond the discal areolet, with a broad brown streak extending from 

 the costa across the end of the discal areolet, and with three black 

 points at the base. Hind wings with the interior angle prolonged 

 into a short tail. Male. — Abdomen yellowish, rosy towards the tip. 

 Fore wings a little shorter than those of the female. Hind wings 

 whitish ; interior angle more elongated than that of the female. 

 Female.— Abdomen rosy above. Hind wings with a slender brown 



