1^10 CATALOGUE OF 



length of the second. Abdomen not extending beyond the hind 

 wings. Wings rather short and broad ; fringe cinereous, with two 

 brown lines near the base. Fore wings acute, ochraceous, with a 

 broad hoary costal stripe and with a broader hoary marginal band, 

 which widens from the tip to the interior border and is bordered 

 with a white line and a black line on the inner side, and with a 

 whitish line and a brown line on the outer side, and contains three 

 diffuse brownish lines, of which the middle one is the least indistinct ; 

 two black points connected with the inner side of the costal stripe; 

 exterior border convex, slightly oblique. Hind wings with a 

 brownish marginal line. Length of the body 4J lines ; of the wings 

 11 lines. 



Most nearly allied to H. abjuralis. 



a. Java. Presented by the Secretary of the India Board. 



HVPENA CURVIFERALIS. 



Fcem. Carta; caput et thorax subrufescen Ha; palpi cinereo-cer- 

 vini, subtus albi, capitis latitudine fere duplo longiores, arti- 

 culo So lanceolato brevi ; abdomen cinereum, segmentis albido 

 marginatis ; ala antica subglaucescentes, nigro subconspersa, 

 puncto albo, linea lineoluque quatuor ferrugineis subarcuatis ; 

 posticce cinerece, fascia marginali fuscescente diffusa. 

 Female. Hoary. Body and legs white beneath. Head, tho- 

 rax and fore wings with a slight reddish tinge. Frontal tuftporrect, 

 acute. Palpi porrect, cinereous fawn-colour, white beneath, nearly 

 twice longer than the breadth of the head; third joint lanceolate, 

 less than one-fourth of the length of the second. Abdomen cine- 

 reous, not extending beyond the hind wings; hind borders of the 

 segments whitish. Fore wings acute, with a glaucous tinge, thinly 

 and minutely black-speckled; a white point in the disk at the base 

 of the areolet ; a slightly-curved ferruginous line extending from 

 near the base of the interior border to the tip ; this line is accom- 

 panied by five shorter slightly curved ferruginous lines, of which one 

 is in front of it and near the base of the wing, and the other four are 

 behind it; fringe cinereous, including two brown lines; exterior 

 border slightly convex, moderately oblique. Hind wings cinereous, 

 with a diffuse brownish marginal band. Length of the body 6 lines ; 

 of the wings 18 lines. 



Much allied to H. abduealis. 

 a, b. Java. Presented by the Secretary of the India Board. 



