1532 CATALOGUE OF 



Male and female. Ocliraceous. Palpi erect, not rising higher 

 than the vertex ; third joint lanceolate, not more than half the 

 length of the second. Legs silvery white, very long and slender. 

 Wings with two black slender parallel lines, one snbmarginal, the other 

 marginal. Fore wings with a large triangular silvery costal spot, 

 which is near a silvery white curved submarginal band, the latter 

 is bordered by the black submarginal line and does not extend to 

 the interior border. Hind wings with three black lines ; first and 

 third abbreviated; second complete; three black white-bordered 

 points near the end of the exterior border. Male. — Antennae stout. 

 Abdomen extending for half its length beyond the hind wings. Fore 

 wings with a longitudinal fringe in the disk ; costa slightly convex 

 for more than half the length from the base. Female. — Abdomen 

 extending much beyond the hind wings. Length of the body 

 5 lines; of the wings 12—15 lines. 



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



Genus HYDROCAMPA, C. L. H. xvii. 456. 



Hydrocampa? desumptalis. 



Alba ; thoracis latera antica ochracea ; pedes longi, gracillimi ; 

 alee antica vitta ochracea strigam fasciamque attenuatam 

 emittenle, linea exteriore undulata plagaque marginali ochra- 

 ceis ; posticm linea plagaque apicali ochraceis. 



White. Thorax ochraceous on each side in front. Legs long, 

 smooth, very slender. Fore wings acute, with an ochraceous cost il 

 stripe, which extends from the base to somewhat beyond the middle 

 and emits a short branch towards the disk at half its length and also 

 emits a band at its tip ; this band is attenuated into a line near the 

 interior border; an exterior undulating ochraceous line, which is 

 contiguous to a marginal ochraceous patch ; exterior border convex, 

 very oblique. Hind wings with an ochraceous line, which is 

 opposite the attenuated band of the fore vvings, and with an ochra- 

 ceous apical patch. Length of the body 3 lines ; of the wings 

 7 lines. 



a. Ega. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



