1468 CATALOGUE OF 



submarginali pallide fiavescentibus, fasciis duabus chalybais 

 anlice furcatis ; postica? fascia submarginali chalybaa. 



Male. Ochraceous. Head pale yellowish about the eyes. 

 Abdomen, hind wings and under side pale cinereous-yellow. Palpi 

 porrect, rostriform, nearly as long as the breadth of the head ; third 

 joint lanceolate, about one-fourth of the length of the second. An- 

 tennae pubescent, very minutely serrated. Abdomen hardly extending 

 beyond the hind wings. Wings with a chalybeous-cinereous fringe. 

 Fore wings acute, with some pale yellowish longitudinal streaks, 

 which extend from the base along three-fourths of the length, and 

 with a pale yellowish submarginal line ; two chalybeous bands, 

 which are forked in front ; exterior border almost straight, rather 

 oblique. Hind wings with an irregular dull chalybeous submarginal 

 band. Length of the body A\ lines ; of the wings 12 lines. 



a — e. Cape. Presented by R. Trimen, Esq. 

 /. Cape. From Mr. Trimen's collection. 



ScOPULA ALBIGEKALIS. 



Rufa; abdomen argenteo-cinereum, alas postieas non superans ; 

 pedes sat robusti ; alee anticce pallide rufce, apice rotunda tee, 

 fascia rufa obliqua antice dilatata, linea exteriore argentea 

 diffusa, plaga costali argentea nigro marginata, dimidio exte- 

 riore rufo^ striga apicali nigra obliqua^ linea submarginali 

 lata chalybaa, linea marginali rufa, fimbria cinerea fusco 

 interlineata ; postica arneo -cinerea, semihyalince. 



Red. Body beneath and legs silvery cinereous. Abdomen 

 silvery cinereous, not extending beyond the hind wings. Legs 

 rather stout. Fore wings pale red, rounded at the tips, with a red 

 oblique band, which is narrower on the interior border than on the 

 costa, where it is dilated to the base ; a silvery diffuse line along the 

 outer side of this band and a silvery exterior costal patch, which is 

 mostly bordered with black ; exterior half mostly red, with a black 

 oblique apical streak and with a broad chalybeous submarginal line; 

 maruinal line red ; fringe cinereous, interlined with brown ; exterior 

 border nearly straight, moderately oblique. Hind wings aeneous- 

 cinereous, iridescent, semihyaline. Length of the body 3 lines ; of 

 the wings 8 lines. 



a. South Africa. From Mr. Argent's collection. 



