1570 CATALOGUE OF 



hind tibiae with four long spurs. Wings rather broad, not long. 

 Fore wings somewhat rounded at the tips; costa straight; exterior 

 border slightly convex, moderately oblique. Hind wings extending 

 beyond the abdomen. 



Tasta micaceata. 



Fcem. Subiridescente-cinerea ; caput fuscescens; alee purpuras- 

 centc tinctce, aura to squamosce, fascia cxteriore obscuriore 

 indistincta, spatio marginali cinereo-cervino lineam chali/- 

 bceam interruptam includente ; posticus macula sui marginali 

 atra teshiceo squamisque auratis marginata. 



Female. Cinereous dove-colour. Head brownish. Wings with 

 a purplish tinge, minutely spangled with gilded scales; an exterior 

 oblique indistinct darker band ; marginal space cinereous fawn- 

 colour, including an interrupted chalybeous line. Hind wings with 

 a deep black submarginal ocellus, which has a testaceous border 

 and a more outward incomplete border of gilded scales. Length of 

 the body 6 lines ; of the wings 15 lines. 



Sarawak, Borneo. In Mr. Saunders' collection. 



Genus DAMNA. 



Mas. Corpus robustum. Proboscis gracilis. Palpi graciles, 

 porrecti, caput uon superantes ; articulus 3us minimus. Antennae 

 late pectinatce. Abdomen conicum, breviusculum ; fasciculus api- 

 calis minimus. Pedes laeves, breviusculi, sat validi ; tibiae posticae 

 bicalcaratae. Alae latas, non longae ; antieee subaeutae, costa couvexa ; 

 posticae abdomen longe superantes. 



Male. Body stout. Palpi slender, porrect, not extending 

 beyond the head ; third joint extremely minute. Proboscis slender. 

 Antennae broadly pectinated. Abdomen conical, rather short ; apical 

 tuft extremely small. Legs smooth, rather short and stout ; hind 

 tibiae with two apical spurs. Wings broad, not long. Fore wings 

 slightly acute; costa convex ; exterior border hardly convex, mode- 

 rately oblique. Hind wings extending much beyond the abdomen. 



Damn a gelidata. 



Mas. Alba; caput ferrugineum ; ala: fascia submarginaii diffusa 

 interrupta pallidissime cervina lineam argenteo squamosum 

 includente, linea marginali argentea ; anticce gutta discali 

 tumida nigra squamis argenteis divisa. 



