1164 CATALOGUE OF 



Bleptina? JUCUNDALIS. 



Mas. Lcete viridis, atomis obseurioribus ; palpi graciles, sub- 

 arcuati, verticem superantes, articulo So nigra lanceolate; 

 thorax postice cristatus, disco cervino ; abdomen cinereum ; 

 alee fimbria alba nigro guttata; anticce lituris duahus basali- 

 bus nigris, fascia post-media latissima eupreo-fusca, lineis 

 duabus nigris dentalis undulatis albo marginatis ; posticus 

 nigricante-cinerea?, linea postmedia arcuata pallide cinerea. 



Male. Vivid green, with darker speckles. Body beneath and 

 legs silvery cinereous, slightly gilded. Palpi squamous, slender, 

 slightly curved, obliquely ascending, rising higher than the vertex, 

 very much longer than the breadth of the head ; third joint lanceo- 

 late, black except at the base, about half the length of the second. 

 Maxillary palpi short, slender, clothed with long hairs. Antennas 

 slender, pubescent, slightly crenulated. Disk of the thorax lawn- 

 colour; hind part crested. Abdomen cinereous, extending a little 

 beyond the hind wings; apical tuft very small. Tarsi and anterior 

 tibiae with black bands. Wings with a white shining black-dotted 

 fringe. Fore wings slightly rounded at the lips, with a postmedial 

 very broad cupreous-brown band, which partly includes two black 

 white-bordered dentate undulating lines ; two black marks at the 

 base; exterior border slightly convex and oblique. Hind wings 

 blackish cinereous, with a pale cinereous postmedial curved line. 

 Length of the body 4 lines; of the wings 10 lines. 



a. Ceylon. From Ml Stevens' collection. 



Bleptina mtnoralis. 



Foem. Alba ; palpi fusco conspersi, oblique ascendentes, capitis 

 latitudine duplo longiores, articulo 2o fimbriate, 3o lanceo- 

 late gracillimo fasciculate ; antenncepubescent.es; pedes fusco 

 fasciati, calcaribus longissimis ; aim latiusculce, ochraceo varice, 

 lineis tribus fuscis subangulosis, 2a Saque albo marginatis, 

 linea marginali fusca ; anticce guttis duabus discalibus nigris. 



Female. White. Palpi brown-speckled, obliquely ascending, 

 twice longer than the breadth of the head, rising higher than the 

 vertex ; second joint with a rather long fringe above ; third lanceo- 

 late, very slender, about half the length of the second, with a short 

 black fringe on its middle part above. Antennae pubescent. Abdo- 

 men not extending beyond the hind wings. Legs with brown bands ; 

 spurs very long. Wings rather broad, partly tinged with ochraceous ; 



