934 CATALOGUE OF 



white band ; a submarginal cinereous band, deeply and irregularly 

 dentate on its outer side ; marginal lunules reddish brown ; orbicular 

 and reniform marks large, bordered with reddish brown. Hind 

 wings bright luteous, with a broad blackish brown border, and a 

 white apical spot ; fringe partly white. Length of the body 10 lines ; 

 of the wings 28 lines. 



a. Hindostan. Archdeacon Clerk's collection. 



b. North Hindostan. 



CATOCALA ? LONGIPENNIS. 



Fcem. Obscure ferrugineo-fusca ; corpus graeile ; palpi verticem 

 non superantes, articulo 3o "longi-conico ; abdomen luteum, 

 basi dilatatum, fusco trigutlatum ; alee anticce angustce, 

 longissimce, apice rotundatce, vitta costa albida lata fusco 

 conspersa orbicular em et reniformem includente apicem versus 

 valde dilatata, macula apicali nigricante-fusca, orbiculari 

 et reniformi magnis fusco marginatis ; posticce fascia mar- 

 ginali ferrugineo-fusca apudangulum interiorem incisa. 



Female. Dark ferruginous-brown, slender. Palpi ob- 

 liquely ascending, not rising higher than the vertex ; third 

 joint elongate-conical, less than half the length of the second. 

 Abdomen luteous, dilated at the base, with three brown 

 dots, of which the largest is at the base. Legs luteous ; 

 fore legs brown. Fore wings narrow, very long, rounded at the 

 tips ; a broad costal whitish brown-speckled stripe, including the 

 orbicular and reniform marks, much dilated exteriorly and occupying 

 the whole surface beyond the interior angle, excepting a large fer- 

 ruginous-brown apical patch which includes a blackish brown apical 

 spot ; orbicular and reniform marks large, brown-bordered ; exterior 

 border convex, very oblique ; second inferior vein nearer to the 

 third than »o the first; fourth moderately remote from the third. 

 Hind wings with a ferruginous-brown marginal band, which is ex- 

 cavated towards the interior angle. Length of the body 10 lines; 

 of the wings 32 lines. 



This species recedes much from the typical form of Catocala. 

 a. Silhet. From Mr. Argent's collection. 



