1206 CATALOGUE OF 



band. Hind wings with a brownish marginal band. Length of the 

 body 5 lines ; of the wings 11 lines. 



«. South Hindostan. Presented by M. J. Walhouse, Esq. 



Makimatha confinisalis. 



Lutea ; caput et thorax anticvs purpureo-rosea ; alee anticce vitta 

 costali, fascia postmedia obliqua, linea extcriore subundulata 

 fimhriaque purpureo-rufis, 



Luteous. Head, palpi and fore part of the thorax purplish 

 rosy. Palpi squamous, obliquely ascending, rising rather higher 

 than the vertex ; third joint lanceolate, less than half the length of 

 the second. Legs smooth, stout, silvery ; fore legs slightly rosy. 

 Fore wings with a purplish rosy costal stripe, which extends along 

 nearly half the length from the base, and is indented on its hind 

 side ; an oblique purplish rosy band beyond the middle, and an in- 

 determinate more exterior slightly undulating purplish rosy line ; 

 fringe purplish rosy. Hind wings whitish. Length of the body 

 3 lines ; of the wings 8 lines. 



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Genus ANITHA. 



Mas. Corpus sat gracile. Proboscis gracilis. Palpi longi, gra- 

 ciles, ascendentes, verticem lon^e superantes ; articulus 2us valde 

 arcuatus ; 3us lanceolatus, 2i dimidio non brevior. Antenna? sub- 

 setulosa?. Pedes lsBves, sat graciles; tibiae anticae fascicule basali 

 penicillato. Alae anticae subacute, margiue exteriore subconvexo. 



Male. Body rather slender. Proboscis slender. Palpi slen- 

 der, smooth, rising high above the vertex, much longer than the 

 breadth of the head ; second joint much curved ; third lanceolate, 

 full half the length of the second. Antenna? minutely setulose. 

 Legs smooth, rather slender ; fore tibia? with a penicillate tuft near 

 the base ; hind tibiae with four moderately long spurs. Wings mo- 

 derately broad. Fore wings slightly acute ; costa straight ; exterior 

 border slightly convex, moderately oblique. 



Allied to Luceria. 



Anitha mundiferalis. 



Mas. Pallide lutea ; alee anticce lineis duabus indeterminatis e 

 punctis nigris aut fitscis, linea submarginali e punctis albis 

 nigro marginatis, spatio marginali fuscescente, lunulis mar- 

 ginalibus nigris ; posticce cinerece, atomis, lunula discali 

 lineisque duabus exterioribus fuscis. 



