})38 CATALOGUE OF 



latum ; alct tinea post media nigra undulata, fascia submar- 

 ginali fusca ; anticce iridescentes, fascia basalt, lituris costali- 

 bus fasciaque marginali ochraceis > lineis guatuor undulatis 

 nigris, orbiculari e gutta nigra, reniformi e strigis duabus 

 nigris ; posticce lineis duabus interruptis fuscis. 



Female, Brown, cinereous beneath. Palpi smooth, slender, 

 erect, rising much higher than the head ; third joint linear, a little 

 shorter thau the second. Antennae minutely setulose. Abdomen 

 brownish cinereous, extending very little beyond the hind wings ; 

 first, second and third segments with brown crests. Legs stout, 

 pilose. Wings elongate, with a postmedial black undulating line, 

 with an irregular brown submarginal band, and with black mar- 

 ginal lunules. Fore wings iridescent, acute, with an ochraceous 

 band near the base, with some ochraceous costal marks, and with an 

 aeneous-ochraceous marginal band, which is very undulating along 

 its inner side ; four black undulating lines; first incomplete, very 

 near the base; second and third before the middle ; fourth beyond 

 the middle; orbicular mark forming a black dot between the first 

 and second lines ; reniform distinguished by two black streaks 

 between the second and third lines. Hind wings with two incom- 

 plete brown lines between the base and the postmedial line. Length 

 of the body 9 lines ; of the wings 22 lines. 



a. ■ ? Presented by E. Doubleday, Esq. 



Genus SYPNA, C. Z. H. xiv. 1260. 



Sypna lugens. 



Fcem. Cinereo-nigra, albido conspersa ; palpi erecti, verticem 

 longe superantes, articulo So lineari ; alee anticce lineis tribus 

 angulosis fascia plagaque subapicali albo marginata e atomis 

 albidis ; posticce tinea submarginali angulosa e atomis albidis y 

 fimbria apice alba. 



Female. ^ Cinereous-black, very minutely whitish-speckled. 

 Palpi pubescent, erect, fawn-colour on the inner side, rising much 

 higher than the vertex; third joint linear, much more slender than 

 the second, and a little more than half its length. Legs stout, 

 pilose ; tarsi brown, with pale ochraceous bands. Fore wings with 

 the speckles forming three zigzag lines ; a patch and a diffuse band ; 

 first line near the base ; second and third on the outer side of the 

 band ; the patch costal, subapical, white-bordered ; marginal points 

 whitish ; under side with a white discal patch. Hind wings with a 



