7^4 CATALOGUE OF 



Erastria pardalina. 



Mas. Albido-cine^ea ; caput fusco fasciatum ; palpi graciles % 

 porrecti, articulo 3o conico ; alee antics vittis duabus, fascia 

 exteriore obliqua, maculis quinque fuscis, fascia submarginali 

 fusca e maculis quatuor subconnexis ; posticce ceneo-cinerece. 



Male. Whitish cinereous. Head with a brown band in front 

 of the antennae. Palpi porrect, slender, extending very little 

 beyond the head ; third joint conical, not more than one-fourth of 

 the length of the second. Thorax with a brown band on the fore 

 tegulae. Abdomen extending a little beyond the hind wings. Fore 

 wings with two brown stripes extending from the base to an oblique 

 brown baud which is at two-thirds of the length ; five brown spots 

 in the space between the first stupe and the costa, one of these 

 spots emitting a streak across the first stripe to the second, which is 

 on the interior border; a submarginal band composed of four brown 

 spots, which are more or less incompletely connected ; fringe brown. 

 Hind wings aeneous-cinereous. Length of the body A\ lines; of 

 the wings 11 lines. 



a. Mauritius. From Dr. Bike's collection. 



Erastria imbuta. 



Fcem. Ochraceo-albida ; palpi porrecti, articulo So minirno ; 

 abdomen ferrugineum, segmentis albido marginatis ; alee 

 anticce maculis duabus costalibus albis, dimidio exteriore 

 cupreo-ferrugineo, orbiculari et reniformi magnis albido 

 marginatis ; postiea cinerece, dimidio exteriore cupreo. 



Female. Ochraceous-whitish, dingy cinereous beneath. Palpi 

 smooth, extending very little beyond the head ; third joint about 

 one-sixth of the length of the second. Abdomen ferruginous ; hind 

 borders of the segments whitish. Fore wings with two white costal 

 spots, one .contiguous to the reniform mark, the other exterior ; ex- 

 terior half irregularly cupreous-ferruginous ; marginal points black, 

 transversely elongated ; orbicular and reniform marks large, whitish- 

 bordered. Hind wings cinereous ; exterior half cupreous. Length 

 of the body 5 lines ; of the wings 14 lines. 



a. Hindostan. From Archdeacon Clerk's collection. 



