1528 CATALOGUE OF 



the tip. Var. /3. — Markings of the wings paler, less concise. 

 Length of the body 9J lines ; of the wings 19 lines. 



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



Megaphysa quadriferaxis. 



Mas. Ochracea ; palpi porrecti, sat graciles, articulo So fusco 

 lanceolate ; alee linea postmedia e punctis nigris ; anticce sub- 

 falcatce, lineis duabus nigricantibus undulatis, plaga inter- 

 media albidafere hyalina maculam subquadratam fuscescentem 

 nigricante mar gina tarn includente, striga exterior e costali 

 obligua nigricante, linea adhuc exteriore undulata obscure 

 ochracea ; posticce albidce, fere hyalince, atomis costalibus 

 nigris, fascia apicali ochracea brevi. 



Male. Ochraceous. Body beneath and legs whitish. Palpi 

 porrect, rather slender, extending somewhat beyond the head ; third 

 joint brown, lanceolate, less than half the length of the second. 

 Antennae minutely pubescent. Abdomen with four small tufts on 

 each side beyond the middle, extending very much beyond the hind 

 wings; apical tuft compressed. Fore tibia? ochraceous above. 

 Wings with an incomplete line of black points at three-fourths of 

 the length. Fore wings subfalcate, with two blackish undulating 

 lines, which include a whitish nearly hyaline patch, the latter con- 

 taining a brownish subquadrate blackish -bordered spot ; a blackish 

 exterior oblique streak which extends from the costa to the disk 

 and borders the inner side of a longitudinal whitish nearly hyaline 

 streak, the latter interrupted by a dark ochraceous undulating line ; 

 marginal line brown, not extending beyond half the length from the 

 costa, accompanied by four brown spots on the fringe ; exterior 

 border undulating; interior border much excavated towards the tip. 

 Hind wings whitish, nearly hyaline, with a marginal ochraceous 

 band, which extends from beyond the middle of the costa to 

 the fore part of the exterior border and is continued by a line to 

 the interior angle; costa with some black speckles, much dilated 

 towards the tip. Length of the body 8 lines ; of the wings 

 18 lines. 



The subquadrate spot on the fore wing is not oblique, like the 

 first band on the fore wing of M. quadratalis^ to which this species 

 is nearly allied. 



