1128 CATALOGUE OP 



to the third as to the first; fourth very remote from the third. Hind 

 wings with the exterior border slightly dentate. 



JECABA. INTERRUPTAL1S. 



Foem. Fusca ; aim lineis trihus cinereis angulosis, linea mar- 

 ginali duplicata fimbriaque albis strigas fuscas ineludentibus, 

 subtus purpurascente-fuscce lunula air a lineague angulosa 

 lutea ; antica macula nigra lineolaque cyanescente apicalibus y 

 orbiculari et reniformi flavis parvis angustis. 



Female. Brown. Body cinereous beneath. Wings with three 

 zigzag cinereous lines, of which the first is indistinct in the hind 

 wings; a double white marginal line, which is here and there inter- 

 rupted by brown streaks, which extend also over the white fringe; 

 under side purplish brown, whitish-speckled, with a deep black 

 lunule in the disk, with a zigzag luteous line of which the hind part 

 is whitish, and with a luteous marginal line, which is bordered with 

 dark brown on both sides. Fore wings with a black apical spot, 

 which has a little bluish line on its inner side; orbicular and reni- 

 form marks yellow, small, narrow, irregular. Length of the body 

 3£ lines; of the wings 10 lines. 



a. Ega. From Mr, Bates' collection. 



Genus GAALA. 



Mas, Corpus gracile. Proboscis brevis, gracilis. Palpi por- 

 recti, subdefiexi, vix angulati, capitis latitudine multo longiores; 

 articulus 2us squamosus basi supra subfimbriatus; 3us lanceolatus, 

 subascendens, 2i dimidio brevior. Antennae sat late pectinata?. 

 Abdomen alas posticas paullo superans ; fasciculus apicalis minimus, 

 subcompressus. Pedes glabri, graciles ; calcaria longissima, gracil- 

 lima. Alae anticae elongatae, acutae, apice rectangulatae, margine 

 exteriore angulato. 



Male. Body slender. Proboscis short, slender. Palpi porrect, 

 slightly diverging from each other, very much longer than the 

 breadth of the head ; second joint squamous, slightly fringed above 

 towards the base; third lanceolate, slightly ascending, not more 

 than one-third of the length of the second. Antennae rather broadly 

 pectinated. Abdomen extending a little beyond the hind wings; 

 apical tuft very small, slightly compressed. Legs smooth, slender; 

 spurs very long and slender. Wings elongate, moderately long. 

 Fore wings acute, rectangular at the tips; exterior border distinctly 



