290 CATALOGUE OF 



NUMENES INTERIORATA. 



Foem. Pallide cinereo-flava ; palpi porrecti, acuti, brevissimi ; 

 antenncefuscce, basi cinereo-flavce ; abdomen flavum ; alee anticce 

 lineis tribus transversis o.bbreviatis fuscis, striga inter lineas 

 lain et 2am fusca, plaga apud angulum inleriorem rosea, guttis 

 tribus marginalibus nigris ; posticce flavce. 



Female. Pale cinereous-yellow, stout. Palpi porrect, slender, 

 acute, very short. Antennae brown, slender, pale cinereous-yellow 

 at the base. Abdomen yellow. Fore wings with three abbreviated 

 transverse brown lines, of which the first extends from one-fourth of 

 the length of the costa towards the interior angle, and the second and 

 third extend also towards the interior angle and are hardly oblique ; 

 a short transverse brown streak in the disk between the first and second 

 lines ; a rosy patch on the interior angle and three black dots along 

 the hind part of the exterior border; costa convex towards the base. 

 Hind wings yellow. Length of the body 7 lines; of the wings 

 24 lines. 



This species may form a new genus. 



a. Para. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



NUMENES PARTITA. 



Mas. Ferruginea ; palpi erecti^ supra nigri ; pectus ochraceum ; 

 abdomen pallide luteum ; alee flavescente-albce ; anticce fasciis 

 duabus strigaque subapicali maculari nigro-fuscis, fascia la 

 maculaque costali connexis, 2a vittam emittente ; postica gutta 

 costali maculaque postica fuscis. 



Male. Ferruginous. Head and thorax clothed with long hairs. 

 Palpi erect, hirsute, black above, not rising higher than the vertex. 

 Antennae brown, broadly pectinated. Pectus and legs ochraceous, 

 very pilose. Abdomen pale luteous, pale ochraceous beneath. 

 Wings yellowish white, pale yellow beneath. Fore wings slightly 

 acute, with two blackish brown bands, and with a transverse costal 

 subapical blackish brown streak composed of three dots ; first band 

 basal, connected with a spot on the costa; second emitting a broad 

 stripe to the middle of the exterior border. Hind wings with a dark 

 brown dot near the tip of the costa and a large dark brown spot 

 near the interior angle. Length of the body 8 lines ; of the wings 

 24 lines. 



Darjeeling. In Mr. Atkinson's collection. 



