984 CATALOGUE OF 



from the base to the tip, not extending beyond the hind wings ; 

 first, second, and third segments crested ; apical tuft small, slightly 

 compressed. Legs stout; femora fringed ; spurs long. Fore wings 

 elongate, acute ; exterior border slightly convex and dentate, very 

 oblique. Hind wings broad, very strongly dentate. 



The much dentated hind wings of this genus distinguish it 

 from the other Ophiusidce. 



ELPIA ACHiEOIDES. 



Mas. Fusca, subtus pallide lutea ; abdominis segmenta basi 

 cinerea ; alee anticre ferrugineee, triente basali plagisque duabus 

 fuscis, fasciis duabus basalibus ferrugineis, punctis duobus 

 strigaque postica brevi lata albis, orbiculari e annulo albo 

 minimo, reniformi magna albo submarginata, macula costali 

 alba, striga postica cyanea subfurcata ; posticce lutece, mar- 

 gine interiore fasciaque fuscis. 



Male. Brown, pale luteous beneath. Palpi pale luteous on 

 the inner side. Abdominal segments cinereous at the base. Wings 

 with a black incomplete submarginal festoon ; under side pale 

 luteous with two brown lines, with an exterior brown band, and with 

 black marginal points. Fore wings with two ferruginous oblique 

 bands near the base ; about two-thirds of the exterior surface 

 ferruginous, with a brown patch on the interior angle, and another 

 on the apical part of the costa ; two white basal points and a short 

 broad white streak near the base of the interior border; orbicular 

 mark forming a very small white ringlet ; reniform mark large, 

 incompletely bordered with white ; an irregular white spot between 

 the reniform and the costa ; a broad metallic-blue slightly forked 

 streak near the interior angle. Hind wings luteous, brown along the 

 interior border, and with a brown band, which is forked towards its 

 hind end. Length of the body 12 lines ; of the wings 28 lines. 



Makian, Celebes. In Mr. Saunders' collection. 



Fam. EUCLIDID.E, C. L. H. xiv. 1447. 

 Genus EUCLIDTA, C. L. H. xiv. 1457. 



EUCLIDIA? VITTATA. 



vittata, Phlp. Lin. Ent. xiv. 

 Chili. 



