LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 859 



HYBLiEA CATOCALOIDES. 



Mas et foem. Ochracea, subtus lutea; caput supra nigrum ; thorax 

 nigro vittatus ; abdomen nigrum, segmentis ochracco fasciatis ; 

 pedes nigro varii, fascia subpallidiore angulata interrupta, 

 fimbria albo unistrigata, margine interiore fasciisque duabus 

 subtus luteis ; posticce nigra, margine exteriore fasciaque 

 abbreviata luteis, subtus lutece lituris 7ionnullis fasciaque sub- 

 mar ginali inter rupta luteis, Mas. — Obscurior ; thorax iri- 

 descente chalybmus, antice ochraceus; abdominis fasciculus 

 apicalis ochraceus ; alee anticce chalybao iridescente suff'u&ce. 

 Foem. — Thorax postice iridescente chalybams ; aim anticce 

 striga basalt chalyb&a. Var. j3. Mas. — Obscurior ; abdo- 

 minis fasciculus apicalis fuscus ; alee postica? fasciaque valde 

 abbreviata Jimbriaque luteis. 



Male and female. Ochraceous, luteous beneath. Head and 

 palpi black above. Thorax with a black stripe; hind part iridescent 

 metallic ; ibis hue extends nearly to the lore border in the male. 

 Abdomen black, with an ochraceous band on the fore border of each 

 segment; these bands are broader and paler beneath ; apical tuft 

 of the male ochraceous. Posterior femora mostly black above; tibiae 

 with a black patch ; tarsi black. Fore wings mostly suffused with 

 iridescent metallic in the male, with a basal iridescent metallic 

 streak and with a subapical streak of the same hue in the female ; 

 an angular slightly paler interrupted band, most distinct in the 

 female; a white streak on the fringe near the tip; under side luteous 

 along the interior border and with two luteous bands, of which the 

 second is abbreviated. Hind wings black, luteous along the exte- 

 rior border and with a luteous band, which is abbreviated in front ; 

 under side luteous, with some black marks at the base and along 

 the costa, and with an interrupted suhmarginal black band. Var. (3. 

 Male. — Darker; apical abdominal tuft mostly brown. Hind wings 

 black above, except the fringe, and a much abbreviated band ; 

 under side with some black marks and with two black bands, of 

 which the first is angular and the second broad and marginal. 

 Length of the body 9 lines ; of the wings 22 lines. 



Makian, Celebes. In Mr. Saunders' collection. 



