i486 CATALOGUE OF 



vertex ; third joint extremely minute. Antenna pectinated. Ab- 

 domen with a very small apical tuft, not extending beyond the hind 

 wings. Legs smooth, slender ; spurs short. Wings elongate. Fore 

 wings acute, with two straight oblique brown lines ; second line 

 very oblique, proceeding from the tip of the wing and converging 

 hind ward towards the second ; a curved brown streak proceeds from 

 the costa and joins the line near the tip of the wing, and includes 

 an elliptical paler costal spot ; a black discal ringlet, and a blackish 

 patch on the interior border beyond the line ; costa convex ; exte- 

 rior border very oblique. Hind wings with an exterior line, which 

 is more slight than that of the fore wings, and is obsolete towards 

 the costal space, which is much paler. Length of the body 6 lines ; 

 of the wings 20 lines. 



Hindostan. In Mr. Saunders' collection. 



Lagyra?? dentilineata. 



Mas. Ochraceo-cervina ; caput antice rufum ; pafpi oblique 

 ascendentes ; alee amplce, linea exteriore argentea angulosa 

 ochraceo ex parte margin a ta apud contain retracta ; antica? 

 elongatce, falcata?, apice rotundatce, linea interior e indistincta 

 argentea, maryine exteriore subangulato antice subconcavo. 



Male. Ochraceous fawn-colour, more ochraceous beneath. 

 Body more cinereous. Head red in front. Palpi obliquely ascend- 

 ing, extending a little beyond the head; third joint extremely mi- 

 nute. Antenna? rather broadly pectinated. Abdomen hardly ex- 

 tending beyond the hind wings. Hind tibiae incrassated, with four 

 moderately long spurs. Wings ample, with an exterior zigzag sil- 

 very line, which is partly ochraceous-bordered and is abruptly re- 

 tracted towards the costa of the fore wings ; fringe ferruginous, 

 partly silver-tipped. Fore wings elongate, falcate, rounded at the 

 tips, with an interior indistinct silvery line; costa straight; exterior 

 border very oblique, slightly angular in the middle, slightly concave 

 in front. Hind wings with some ferruginous marks about the exte- 

 rior line and towards the interior angle. Length of the body 6—7 

 lines ; of the wings 16 — 18 lines. 



Rio Janeiro. In Mr. Fry's collection. 



