1130 CATALOGUE OF 



CURICTA OPPOSITALIS. 



Foem. Pallide viridis ; palpi rufescentes, fusco varii ; abdomen 

 subtus rufo-fasciatum ; alee anticce spatio marginali pur- 

 purascente-cinereo viridi marginato, subtus ruffe; postica 

 pallide rufce. 



Female. Pale green. Pectus and anterior legs reddish. Palpi 

 reddish, partly brown. Abdomen with pale red bands beneath. Fore 

 wings red beneath; marginal space purplish cinereous, bordered by 

 a deep green straight oblique line. Hind wings pale red. Length 

 of the body 6 lines ; of the wings 18 lines. 



Aru. In Mr. Saunders' collection. 



CURICTA ? XANTHOCHLORALIS. 



Mas. Viridis; caput antir-e fascum ; palpi fusci, dense fimbriati, 

 verticem vix superantes^ articulo 3o lanceolato ; pectus rufum; 

 abdomen pallide ochraceum ; aim anticce falcatce, puncto dis- 

 cali lineaque submarginali subrecta saturate viridibus , spatio 

 marginali glaucescente ; postica rufce. Foem.-— Caput fus- 

 cum ; alee anticce linea submarginali ferruginea, spatio mar- 

 ginali obscure purpuras cente-cinereo ; postica ochracece. 



Male. Green. Head brown in front. Palpi brown, thickly 

 fringed beneath, hardly rising higher than the vertex and not louger 

 than the breadth of the head ; third joint lanceolate, hardly half 

 the length of the second. Pectus and legs red ; tarsi blackish. 

 Abdomen pale ochraceous. Fore wings falcate, with a deep green 

 discal point and with a nearly straight deep green submarginal 

 line; space between this line and the exterior border somewhat 

 glaucous ; under side red, except along the exterior border, which 

 is very prominent and much rounded in the middle; subcostal 

 space thickly tufted beneath towards the base. Hind wings red ; 

 fringe dark cinereous. Length of the body 6 lines; of the wings 

 16 lines. 



New Guinea. 



Female. Head wholly brown. Fore tibiae blackish. Wings 

 with a blackish fringe. Fore wings with a ferruginous submarginal 

 line ; a dark purplish cinereous space between this line and the ex- 

 terior border, which is less prominent and less rounded than that of 



