374 CATALOGUE OF 



Male. Yellow, very stout. Head purplish red, with a yellow spot 

 at the base of each of the autennae. Antennae purplish, broadly pec- 

 tinated. Pectus in front and legs above purplish red ; the latter pilose, 

 very short and stout. Wings with a ferruginous oblique line (which is 

 much nearer the exterior border in the fore wings than in the hind 

 wings) and with submarginal ferruginous points. Fore wings falcate, 

 rounded at the tips, purplish along the costa for nearly one-third of 

 the length from the base, and with a purplish spot in the disk ; an 

 interrupted transverse ferruginous line near the base. Hind wings 

 extending very far beyond the abdomen. Length of the body 

 12 lines; of the wings 44 lines. 



Most allied to D. mutans, from which it may be distinguished 

 by the numerous lines on the wings of that species. 



a. Natal. From M. Gueinzius' collection. 



Dreata diffusa. 



Mas. Straminea ; caput antice fuscum ; palpi fusci, robwti, 

 pilosi, caput non superantes, articulo So brevissimo ; pedes 

 densissime fasciculati, tarsis fimbriatis ; alee lineis quatuor 

 obliquis denticulatis ferrugineo-fuscis, linea exteriore subrecta 

 maculisque adhuc exterioribus lineaque submarginali denti- 

 culata fuscis ; antica basi posticceque lanuginosa. 



Male. Straw-colour. Head brown in front. Palpi brown, 

 stout, pilose, porrect, not extending beyond the head ; third joint 

 extremely short. Antennae brown, broadly pectinated. Legs short, 

 stout ; femora and tibiae most densely tufted ; tarsi with a short 

 fringe. Wings with four oblique denticulated ferruginous-brown 

 lines; an exterior nearly straight oblique brown line, accompanied 

 on its outer side by a few brown spots ; a brown submarginal den- 

 ticulated line; fringe darker than the ground hue, especially in the 

 hind wings. Fore wings towards the base and hind wings for the 

 most part clothed with long lanuginous hairs. Hind wings a little 

 paler than the fore wings, extending much beyond the abdomen. 

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



a. Ceylon. From Mr. Stevens' collection. 



Dreata deficiens. 



Mas. Pallidissime testacea ; caput antice purpureo-rufum ; palpi 

 robusti, pilosi, caput perpaullo superantes, articulo 3o brevis- 

 simo ; pedes purpurascentes, tibiis anticis femoribusque dense 

 fimbriatis, femori bus apice subtus albo guttatis, tibiis posticis 



