940 CATALOGUE OF 



wings with a purplish tinge, slightly acute, with a few transverse 

 aeneous dentate lines, of which two are blackish and dilated towards 

 the costa ; two zigzag blackish lines near the base; a zigzag black- 

 ish band before the middle, and a zigzag blackish line near the 

 exterior border. Hind wings with four denticulated brown lines 

 near the exterior border. Length of the body 10 lines; of the 

 wings 32 lines. 



Hindostan. In Mr. Atkinson's collection. 



TAVIA CALIGINOSA. 



Mas. Obscure fusca ; aim punctis submarginalibus albis nigro 

 notalis, margine exteriore subdentato ; anticce chalybao suf- 

 fusee, lineis transversis nigris denticulatis, gutta discali 

 viridescente-cinerea , punctis costalibus pallide Jlavescentibus. 



Male. Dark brown, paler beneath. Palpi ascending higher 

 than the vertex ; third joint much shorter than the second. Antenna? 

 with little tufts of bristles along each side. Abdomen and hind 

 wings brown. Wings with white black-marked submarginal points, 

 and with an interlined fringe; exterior border slightly festooned. 

 Fore win^s with a chalybeous tinge and with several transverse 

 denticulated black lines; a greenish cinereous dot in the disk; 

 costal points pale yellowish. Length of the body 10 lines ; of the 

 wings 30 lines. 



Hindostan. In Mr. Atkinson's collection. 



Tavia albilinea. 



Mas. Cervina ; alee fascia exteriore fusca lata undulata margin-' 

 ata, punctis submarginalibus albis nigro notatis ; antica acuta, 

 apud costam fusco nebulosm, lineis duabus albis obliguis 

 duplicates vix undulatis, spatio intermedio nigro-fusco, punctis 

 tribus costalibus pallide cervinis. 



Male. Fawn-colour, paler beneath. Palpi obliquely ascending, 

 rising higher than the vertex ; third joint linear, rounded at the tip, 

 muchshorterand more slender than the second. Antennaestout^setose. 

 Fore wings acute, mostly clouded with brown towards the costa ; two 

 oblique double hardly undulating white lines before the middle ; space 

 between the lines blackish brown ; a broad exterior undulating band, 

 which is bordered on its outer side by a darker line and by some 

 black dots ; submarginal points black, marked with white ; costa 



