1380 CATALOGUE OF 



Male. Body smooth, stout. Proboscis of the usual length. 

 Palpi smooth, slender, erect, applied to the head, not rising so high 

 as the vertex ; third joint lanceolate, about half the length of the 

 second. Antennae slender, minutely setulose. Abdomen long, ex- 

 tending much beyond the hind wings ; apical tuft small. Legs 

 smooth, rather short and stout; spurs long, slender. Wings broad. 

 Fore wings hardly acute ; exterior border slightly convex and 

 oblique ; fourth inferior vein unusually near to the third ; the latter 

 still nearer to the second. 



Carbaca decoralis. 



Mas. Nivea ; abdomen ceneo-cinereum ; alee antica lineis tribus 

 obliquis, 2a Saque angulatis, strigis quatuor fuscis, linea brevi 

 submarginali maculaque marginali nigricantibus, linea mar- 

 ginali nigra, macula subapicali rosea ; posticce semihyalince, 

 linea marginali fusca brevi. 



Male. Pure white. Abdomen aeneous-cinereous. Tarsi and 

 anterior tibiae with black bands. Fore wings with three brown lines 

 extending obliquely outward from the costa; second and third lines 

 angular ; third including in its angle four brown streaks, two of 

 which extend to a blackish short submarginal line ; the latter slightly 

 divided from a blackish marginal spot, which interrupts an ochra- 

 ceous marginal line ; this line is accompanied by a bright rosy red 

 subapical spot. Hind wings iridescent, semihyaline, with a brown 

 line which extends along one-third of the length of the exterior 

 border from the tip. Length of the body 8 lines ; of the wings 

 17 lines. 



a. St. Domingo. From Mr. Tweedie's collection. 



Fam. BOTYDiE, C. L. H. xviii. 545. 

 Genus ASTURA, C. L. H. xviii. 547. 



ASTURA INSOLITALIS. 



insolitalis, Wlk. Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. 3rd Ser. i. 125. 

 Borneo. 



