966 CATALOGUE OF 



Abdomen extending a little beyond the hind wings ; apical tuft 

 small, slightly compressed. Legs blackish; posterior femora and 

 tibiae and hind tarsi, except towards the tips, densely tufted. Fore 

 wings acute; a deep black quadrangular patch near the base of the 

 interior border, emitting a line to a deep black discal mark, which 

 is attenuated in front; space beyond these marks blackish-clouded; 

 marginal points black; exterior border straight, moderately oblique. 

 Hind wings with a very broad marginal band. Length of the 

 body 9 lines ; of the wings 20 lines. 



Natal. In Mr. Saunders' collection. 



Athyrma polyspila. 



Mas. Cervina ; caput et thorax anlicus ferrugineo-fusca ; palpi 

 erecti^ verticem paullo superantes, articulo 3o longi-conico ; 

 alee guttis marginalibus nigris ; anticce maculis guttisque 

 nonnullis nigris pallida marginatis. 



Male. Fawn-colour, paler beneath. Head and fore part of 

 the thorax ferruginous-brown. Palpi erect, rising a little higher 

 than the vertex ; third joint elongate-conical, about one-fourth of 

 the length of the second. Antenna? setose. Abdomen extending 

 rather beyond the hind wings; apical tuft elongate. Wings with 

 black marginal dots. Fore wings with several black pale-bordered 

 spots and dots which form three clusters ; second cluster with more 

 marks than the first and with fewer than the third. Hind wings 

 brown towards the exterior border. Length of the body 8 lines ; of 

 the wings 18 lines. 



a, b. North Hindostan. From Mr. James' collection. 



c. Hindustan. From Archdeacon Clerk's collection. 



d. Silhet. From the Rev. J. Stainforth's collection. 



Athyrma divulsa. 



Mas et fcem. Fuscescente-cinerea ; palpi pubeseenies, oblique as - 

 cendentes, verticem superantes, articulo 2o extus nigricante, 3o 

 lanceolato ; alee anticce plagis tribus guttaque nigris Jlaves- 

 cente submarginatis, striga interrupta nigra, lunulis margina- 

 libus nigricantibus. Mas. — Thorax nigro fasciatus. 



Male and female. Brownish cinereous. Palpi pubescent, 

 obliquely ascending, rising higher than the vertex ; second joitit 



