710 CATALOGUE OF 



Graphiphora VELATA. 



Mas. Ferrugineo-rufa ; palpi porrecti, articulo 3o brevissimo ; 

 abdomen obscure cinereum ; alee anticce breviusculce, latius- 

 culce, nigro conspersce, lineis tribus nigricantibus vix undu- 

 latis, orbiculari et reniformi magnis nigricantibus rufescente 

 marginatis ; posticce fuscce, fimbria albida fusco inter- 

 lineata. 



Male. Ferruginous-red, dark cinereous "beneath. Palpi por- 

 rect, short, stout, pilose ; third joint very short. Antennas smooth. 

 Abdomen dark cinereous, quadrate at the tip, extending hardly 

 beyond the hind wings. Legs rather slender, slightly pilose. Fore 

 wings rather short and broad, minutely black-speckled ; orbicular 

 and reniform marks large, blackish, reddish-bordered, of the usual 

 form ; three slight blackish hardly undulating lines ; two on the 

 inner side of the orbicular mark and oue near the exterior border ; 

 marginal points black. Hind wings brown ; fringe whitish, inter- 

 lined with brown. Length of the body 7 lines; of the wings 

 16 lines. 



It may be distinguished from G. illapsa by the distinct orbi- 

 cular mark and by the antemedial line, which is much nearer to 

 that mark. 



a. Vancouver's Island. Presented by Lieut.-Col. Hawkins. 



Graphiphora contaminata. 



Mas. Cinereo-fusca ; alee anticee latce, lituris costalibus lineisque 

 tribus angulosis duplicatis nigricantibus, linea submarginali 

 cinerea angulosa, lunulis marginalibus fuscis, orbiculari el 

 reniformi magnis nigro submarginatis ; posticce eeneo-fuscee, 

 fimbria cinerea. 



Male. Cinereous-brown. Abdomen extending a little beyond 

 the hind wings. Wings broad. Fore wings with several transverse 

 blackish marks on the costa, and with three double zigzag blackish 

 lines ; first line very near the base ; second on the inner side of the 

 orbicular mark ; third on the outer side of the reniform ; submar- 

 ginal line cinereous, zigzag ; marginal lunules brown ; orbicular 

 • and reniform marks large, incompletely black-bordered; exterior 

 border not oblique. Hind wings aeneous-brown ; fringe cinereous* 

 Length of the body 10 lines ; of the wings 22 lines. 



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



