870 CATALOGUE OF 



Male. Brown, cinereous-brown beneath. Head, palpi above 

 and thorax blackish brown. Wings shining. Fore wings with a 

 denticulated curved darker line at three-fourths of the length. 

 Hind wings not paler than the fore wings. Length of the wings 

 9 lines ; of the wings 22 lines. 



a. New Zealand. Presented by the Rev. W. Colenso. 



b. New Zealaud. Presented by Col. Bolton. 



Genus TIRIDATA. 



Foem. Corpus robustum. Proboscis mediocris. Palpi graciles* 

 subpilosi, oblique ascendentes, verticein superantes; articulus 3us 

 linearis, gracillirnus, 2o brevior. Abdomen alas posticas paullo 

 superans. Pedes validi ; femora pilosa ; calcaria longa. AlaB an- 

 tics latae, acuta?, margine exteriore subconvexo vix obliquo. 



Female. Body stout. Proboscis of the usual length. Palpi 

 slender, obliquely ascending, rising higher than the vertex; second 

 joint clothed with short hairs ; third joint linear, very slender, 

 shorter than the second. Abdomen extending a little beyond the 

 hind wings. Legs rather stout; femora pilose ; spurs long. Wings 

 broad. Fore wings acute ; exterior border slightly convex, hardly 

 oblique; second inferior vein as near to the third as to the first; 

 fourth remote from the third. 



TlRIDATA COLLIGATA. 



Mas. Cervina ; alee anticce fusco nigroque conspersce, orbiculari 

 et reniformi fuscis, ilia punctum album includente, linea 

 exteriore fusca angulosa indistincta. 



Male. Fawn-colour, paler beneath. Abdomen with a reddish 

 tinge on the under side. Wings beneath with a reddish tinge 

 along the costa and along part of the exterior border. Fore wings 

 minutely speckled with brown and with black; orbicular and reni- 

 form marks brown ; the former containing a white point ; a brown 

 indistinct zigzag line near the outer side of the reniform mark. 

 Hind wings brownish. Length of the body 8 lines ; of the wings 

 18 lines. 

 a. Ceylon. From M. Nietner's collection. 



