918 CATALOGUE OF 



Genus ERYGIA, C. L. H. xiii. 1129. 



Erygia usta. 



Fcem. Cervina ; palpi oblique ascendentes, articulo 3o lineari 2o 

 non breviore ; abdomen fusco bicristatum ; aim anticce nigri- 

 cantes, lineis nonnullis cervinis undulatis, fascia nigra lata 

 dentata cervino marginata ; posticce fuscescente marginata, 

 linea submarginali cervina undulata. 



Female. Fawn-colour, paler beneath. Palpi obliquely as- 

 cending, rising a little higher than the vertex ; third joint slender, 

 linear, as long as the second. Abdomen paler than the thorax, 

 hardly extending beyond the hind wings; first, second and third 

 segments with slight brown crests. Wings with a fawn-coloured 

 marginal festoon, which is blackish-bordered on the inner side. 

 Fore wings blackish, with some irregular undulating fawn-coloured 

 lines, and with a broad dentate black-bordered fawn-coloured band, 

 which extends from the middle of the costa to near the base of the 

 interior border, near which it is contracted. Hind wings brownish 

 towards the exterior border, with a fawn-coloured undulating sub- 

 marginal line. Length of the body 8 lines ; of the wings 20 lines. 



a. Java. Presented by the Secretary of the India Board. 



Genus STICTOPTERA, C. L. H. xiii. 1130. 

 Stictoptera illucida. 



Mas et fcem. Cinereo-fusca ; palpi oblique aseendenies, verticem 

 non superantes, articulo 3o lanceolato ; abdomen nigricante 

 bicristatum ; alee anticce angustce, subiridescenies, vix acuta, 

 lineis nigricantibus angulosis, Sa cinereo marginata, lunulis 

 marginalibus nigris albido marginatis, reniformi angusta 

 nigro marginata ; posticce cinerece, semihyalince, cupreo-fusco 

 marginatce. 



Male and female. Cinereous-brown, pale cinereous be- 

 neath. Palpi obliquely ascending, not rising higher than the 

 vertex; third joint lanceolate, about half the length of the second. 

 Abdomen with two small blackish crests, not extending beyond 

 the hind wings. Fore wings narrow, slightly iridescent, hardly 

 acute, with several zigzag blackish lines, of which three beyond the 

 reniform mark are more distinct than the others, and the third is 

 cinereous-bordered ; marginal lunules black, whitish-bordered ; 



