920 CATALOGUE OF 



LOPHOPTERA VITTIGERA. 



Foem. Nigro-fusca ; palpi porrecti, caput superantes, articulo So 

 longi-conico ; thorax lineis duabus anticis transversis cinereis ; 

 abdomen cinereo-fuscum, alas posticas superans ; alee anticce 

 vitta albida abbreviata informi, gutta postica atra, lineis tribus 

 exterioribus e lunulis nigris ; pontics cinerea?, subhyalina? y 

 nigro-fusco latissime mar ginatce, fimbria albida. 



Female. Blackish brown. Palpi porrect, extending some- 

 what beyond the head; third joint elongate-conical, less than half 

 the length of the second. Thorax with two transverse cinereous 

 lines in front. Abdomen cinereous-brown, extending somewhat 

 beyond the hind wings. Fore wings with an irregular whitish 

 stripe in the disk, extending from the base to two-thirds of the 

 length; a deep black dot behind the stripe; three oblique black 

 lines beyond the stripe, composed of irregular lunules; fringe with 

 pale cinereous points. Hind wings cinereous, nearly hyaline, with 

 a very broad blackish brown border ; fringe mostly whitish. 

 Length of the body 7 lines; of the wings 18 lines. 



a. Australia. From Mr. Stevens' collection. 



LOPHOPTERA XYLINATA. 



Foem. Subcervino-cinerea? ; palpi pubescentes, sat graciles, oblique 

 ascendentes ; thoracis tegulce discis fuscis ; abdomen alas 

 posticas longe superans ; ala antica vitta fusca lata obliqua 

 informi, striga submarginali lanceolata fusca albido margi- 

 nata, margine exteriore subflexo ; posticce vitrece, fusco late 

 marginatum. 



Female. Cinereous, with a tinge of fawn-colour. Palpi 

 pubescent, rather slender, obliquely ascending. Tegulae of the 

 thorax with brown disks. Abdomen extending much beyond the 

 hind wings. Fore wings with a broad oblique very irregular brown 

 stripe, which commences at the base of the interior border, and 

 occupies the apical half of the costa ; a brown subraarginal lanceo- 

 late streak, whitish-bordered on the hind side, nearly parallel to the 

 hinder part of the exterior border, which is slightly bent in the 

 middle. Hind wings vitreous, with a broad brown border ; fringe 

 whitish. Length of the body 7 lines ; of the wings 18 lines. 



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



