476 CATALOGUE OF 



legs dark brown. Wings broad. Fore wings with numerous 

 minute shining purplish cinereous speckles, and with an indistinct 

 interrupted black line which extends from one-third of the length 

 of the interior border to the middle of the disk. Hind wings pale 

 fawn-colour, with numerous minute slightly gilded speckles. Length 

 of the body 8 lines ; of the wings 18 lines. 



The colour of the thorax distinguishes it from all the other 

 Miresce. 



Darjeelingr. In Mr. Atkinson's collection. 



MlRESA ? SUBCOSTALIS. 



Fcem. Ferrngineo-rufa, crassa ; palpi breves, ci'assi, pilosissimi ; 

 pedes breves, robusli, dense pilosi ; alee aniiccb lata, apice 

 subrotundatce, villa subcoslali tenui alba. 



Female. Ferruginous-red, very stout. Body reddish cinereous 

 beneath. Palpi short, very stout and pilose. Abdomen very pilose 

 above, extending rather beyond the hind wings. Legs short, stout ; 

 femora and tibiae densely pilose. Wings broad. Fore wings 

 slightly rounded at the lips, with a slender subcostal white stripe, 

 which extends from the base to much beyond half the length ; 

 exterior border convex, slightly oblique. Length of the body 8 

 lines ; of the wings 18 lines. 



a. Ceylon. From Mr. Stevens' collection. 



MlRESA ? APERIENS. 



Mas. Cinereo-fusca ; palpi porrecti, caput paullo superantes, 

 articulo 3o minima; anlennce subpeclinatce ; alee nitentes ; 

 anticce lineis duabus albido-cinereis apice subcontiguis. 



Male. Cinereous-brown. Abdomen, hind wings, and under 

 side more cinereous. Plapi porrect, extending a little beyond the 

 head ; third joint extremely minute. Antennae minutely pectinated. 

 Abdoraeu extending rather beyond the hind wings. Wings shining. 

 Fore wings with two whitish cinereous lines, which are almost con- 

 tiguous near the tip of the costa, but diverge much towards the 

 interior border. Length of the body 6 lines; of the wings 11 

 lines. 



Ceylon. In Mr. Layard's collection. 



