554 CATALOGUE OF 



Male. Reddish fawn-colour, rather paler beneath. Palpi 

 porrect, extending somewhat beyond the head. Antennae broadly 

 pectinated. Abdomen attenuated, hardly extending beyond the 

 hind wings; apical tuft very small. Legs densely pilose. Wings 

 short, broad. Fore wings slightly rounded at the tips, with five 

 oblique curved denticulated dark reddish lines, of which two are 

 before the middle and three beyond the middle ; exterior border 

 hardly convex, slightly oblique. Length of the body 12 lines; of the 

 wings 26 lines. 



a. China. From Mr. Fortune's collection. 



Genus TRABALA, C. L. H. vii. 1785. 



Trabala Vishnu. 



Gastropacha Vishnu, Cat. Lep. Het. vi. 1394 — Trabala prasina, 

 Cat. Lep. Het. vii. 1785 — Trabala pallida, Cat. Lep. Het. vii. 

 1785— Trabala basalis, Cat. Lep. Het. vii. 1785. 



Trabala niveiceps. 



Fcern. Pallide rufescens, subtus alba ; caput et thorax anticus 

 alba ; antennce serratce, ochracece, basi albce ; thorax cristatus ; 

 abdomen ochraceum, alas posticas super am ; alee anticce longce, 

 apice rotundatce, costa subconvexa, margine exteriore perobliquo 

 bis inciso ; posticce pallide ochracece. 



Female. Pale reddish, paler beneath. Body beneath, head, 

 fore tegulae of the thorax and legs white. Proboscis short, slender. 

 Palpi porrect, very short. Antennae ochraceous, white at the base, 

 serrated on both sides. Thorax reddish white; hind tegulae bor- 

 dered with red, forming a high crest. Abdomen ochraceous, extend- 

 ing somewhat beyond the hind wings. Wings long. Fore wings 

 rounded at the tips; costa slightly convex; exterior border very 

 oblique, with five excavations, of which the second and third are 

 nearly connected and are more conspicuous than the others. Hind 

 wings pale ochraceous ; exterior border slightly festooned. Length 

 of the body 16 lines ; of the wings 48 lines. 



a. North Hindostan. Presented by Capt. Strachey. 



