332 CATALOGUE OF 



broadly fringed. Fore wings with some brown speckles in the disk 

 beyond the middle. Hind win<js yellowish white, pale yellow about 

 the borders. Length of the body 6 lines; of the wings 16 lines. 



a. Shanghai. From the Entomological Society's collection. 



Aetaxa subfasciata. 



Mas. Albido'flava ; palpi perparum ascendentes^ caput super- 

 antes, supra nigri, articulo So porrecto ; abdomen nigricans, 

 basi albido-flavum, apice ochraceum; pedes subfimbriati, 

 femoribus tibiisque anticis supra nigricantibus ; alee antica 

 fascia obliqua obscuriore albido marginata fusco conspersa 

 antice abbreviata; posticce albidce. 



Male. Whitish yellow. Palpi very slightly ascending, ex- 

 tending somewhat beyond the head; first and second joints black 

 above ; third conical, porrect, about one-fourth of the length of the 

 second. Antennae very broadly pectinated ; branches pale fawn- 

 colour. Abdomen blackish, except at the base; apical tuft and 

 under side ochraceous. Legs slightly fringed ; fore legs, excepting 

 the tarsi, blackish above. Fore wings with an oblique slightly 

 darker whitish-bordered minutely brown-speckled band, which ex- 

 tends from the middle of the interior border across the areolet, and 

 is abbreviated near the costa. Hind wings whitish. Length of the 

 body 9 lines ; of the wings 20 lines. 



There are no black points on the fore wings of this species, 

 a character which distinguishes it from A. guttata, and it differs 

 from A. varians in the band of the fore wings. 



Darjeeling. In Mr. Atkinson's collection. 



Abtaxa inconcisa. 



Mas et fcem. Flava; abdomen nigrum, basi Jlavum, apice ochra- 

 ceum; alee anticce fasciis tribus obliquis interruptis indeter- 

 minatis e atomis nigris ; posticce albce. Mas. — Palpi nigri, 

 robusti, oblique ascendentes, apice fiavi, articulo So conico. 

 Fcem. — Palpi porrecti, graciles, articulo So lanceolato ; 

 antennce subpectinatce. 



Male and female. Yellow. Head and thorax clothed with long 

 hairs. Antennae with pale fawn-coloured branches. Abdomen black, 

 except at the base ; apical tuft ochraceous. Fore wings with many 

 minute black speckles, which form three oblique very irregular and 

 incomplete bands. Hind wings white. Male. — Palpi stout, obliquely 



