936 CATALOGUE OF 



Genus ZALISSA. 



Fcem, Corpus robustura. Proboscis mediocris. Palpi por- 

 recti, subpilosi, caput superantes ; articulus 3us longi-conicus. 

 Thoracis tegulae posticae longissimae. Abdomen alas posticas paullo 

 superans. Pedes validi, subfimbriati ; calcaria longa, robusta. 

 Alaa anticae elongata?, sat lata?, apice subrotundata?, margine ex- 

 teriore subflexo postice perobliquo. 



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

 porrect, extending somewhat beyond the head ; second joint clothed 

 with short hairs; third elongate-conical, about one-third of the 

 length of the second. Hind legulse of the thorax very long. Ab- 

 domen extending a little beyond the hind wings. Legs rather 

 stout ; femora and tibia? slightly fringed ; spurs long, stout. Wings 

 elongate, rather broad. Fore wings slightly rounded at the tips; 

 exterior border slightly bent in the middle, very oblique hindward ; 

 second inferior vein much nearer to the first than to the third ; 

 fourth not very remote from the third. 



Zaltssa catocalina. 



Fcem. Cinerea ; palpi nigro fasciati ; abdomen luteum maculis 

 trigonis nigricantibus* subtus albidum maculis nigris trivit- 

 talum; ala antica fusco nebulosa, lineis duabus basalibus 

 anguloriS) linea ante media obliqua lineaque exteriore flexa 

 nigris, macula discali magna alba, linea submarginali 

 albida subdenticulata ; postica lutea, margine exteriore 

 cupreo-fusco, linea marginali alba informi. 



Female. Cinereous. Body whitish beneath. Palpi with a 

 broad black band. Abdomen luteous above, with a triangular 

 blackish spot on each segment; under side with three rows of black 

 spots. Legs whitish; joints of the tarsi blackish, with whitish 

 tips. Fore wings partly shaded with brown ; two zigzag black 

 lines .near the base ; an oblique black line before the middle join- 

 ing another black line which is very oblique in the opposite direction, 

 and is recurved round a very large white spot ; the latter is shaded 

 with brown on the inner side; submarginal line whitish, slightly 

 denticulate and undulating. Hind wings luteous : exterior half 

 cupreous-brown ; a very irregular white marginal line. Length of 

 the body 8 lines ; of the wings 20 lines. 



a. Swan Kiver. l r rom Mr. Diggles's collection. 



