348 CATALOGUE OF 



Male. Pale lemon-colour. Body very pilose. Head yellow. 

 Proboscis very short and slender. Palpi porrect, not extending 

 beyond the head ; third joint conical, very minute. Antennae 

 whitish, broadly pectinated ; branches fawn-colour. Abdomen och- 

 raceous at the tip. Legs short ; femora mostly ochraceous ; hind 

 tibiae with two very short apical spurs. Fore wings slightly rounded 

 at the tips, with many minute pale brown speckles, which are mostly 

 towards the interior border; exterior border convex, very oblique. 

 Length of the body 9 lines ; of the wings 24 lines. 



a. Hong Kong. Presented by J. C. Bowring, Esq. 



6. Hindostan. From the Entomological Society's collection. 



c. Nepaul. Presented by E. Doubleday, Esq. 



EUPEOCTIS POSTICA. 



Mas. Alba ; palpi porrecti, Iceves, caput vix superantes, articulo 

 3o conico ; abdomen obscure cinereum, fasciculo apicali albo 

 parvo ; pedes pubescentes ; alee anticce breviusculce, margine 

 exteriore subobliquo. 



Male. White. Palpi porrect, smooth, hardly extending beyond 

 the head ; third joint conical, not more than one-fourth of the length 

 of the second. Antennae very broadly pectinated. Abdomen brown 

 above ; apical tuft, small, white. Legs pubescent ; hind tibiae with 

 four long slender spurs. Wings rather short. Fore wings rounded 

 at the tips ; exterior border convex, very slightly oblique. Length 

 of the body 6J lines ; of the wings 14 lines.. 



The brown abdomen distinguishes it from the other Asiatic 

 species. 



a. Hindostan. Presented by Sir J. Hearsey. 



Euproctis VILIS. 



Mas. Alba; caput et thorax pallide subfuscescentia ; palpi pal- 

 lide lutein pubescentes, caput paullo su per antes ; abdominis 

 segmenta cervino fas data ; alee antic a fusco conspersce, striga 

 antica obliqua punctisque marginalibus fuscis. 



Male. White. Head and thorax tinged with pale brown. 

 Palpi pale luteous, porrect, stout, pubescent, extending a little beyond 

 the head ; third joint extremely short. Antennae very broadly pec- 

 tinated. Abdomen not extending beyond the hind wings; apical 

 tuft small; a dull fawn-coloured band on each segment. Legs 



