738 CATALOGUE OF 



Hadena MEGASTIGMA. 



Mas. Obscure viridis ; palpi nigricantes ; abdomen fuscum, 

 lateribus dense pilosis ; alee lunulis marginalibus nigris ; 

 anticce lineis duabus e lunulis nigris, lituris basalibus, plaga 

 discali lineaque submarginali angulosa pallide viridibus ; 

 posticce cupreo-fusca, spatio basali pos/ico cinereo. 



Male. Dark green, mostly brown beneath. Proboscis brown. 

 Palpi blackisb, stout, pilose, erect, not rising higher than the 

 vertex; third joint elongate-conical, less than one-fourth of the 

 length of the second. Antennae minutely setulose. Abdomen 

 brown, thickly pilose along each side, extending somewhat beyond 

 the hind wings ; apical tuft of moderate size. Wings with black 

 marginal lunules. Fore wings with two black transverse lines com- 

 posed of lunules, the second undulating; some marks at the base 

 and along the interior border, a zigzag submarginal line, and a 

 large patch in the disk pale green ; the patch is composed of the 

 orbicular and reniform marks, of a streak which connects them, 

 and of a transverse hinder streak. Hind wings cupreous-brown ; 

 hind part cinereous towards the base. Length of the body 9 lines ; 

 of the wings 20 lines. 



Darjeeling. In Mr. Atkinson's collection. 



Hadena latipennis. 



Faem. Fusca, cinereo conspersa ; palpi albidi, pubescentes, 

 nigro conspersi, articulo So lanceolato ; alee anticce latce, sub- 

 acutce, chalybao tinctce, spatio exteriore cervino , lineis tri bus 

 angulosis indistinctis obscure fuscis, linea submarginali 

 cinerea angulosa, lunulis marginalibus nigris cinereo mar- 

 ginatis, orbiculari et reniformi magnis, margine exteriore 

 recto ; posticce fimbria albida. 



Female. Brown, smooth, cinereous-speckled, pale cinereous 

 beneath. Palpi whitish, pubescent, black-speckled, obliquely as- 

 cending, not rising higher than the vertex ; third joint lanceolate, 

 full half the length of the second. Abdomen brownish cinereous, 

 extending a little beyond the hind wings. Femora densely fringed ; 

 one of the apical spurs more than twice the length of the other. 

 Wings broad. Fore wings slightly acute, chalybeous-tinged ; space 



