1618 CATALOGUE OF 



White. Legs short, smooth, slender; hind tibiae with four 

 short spurs. Wings ample, with an irregular slightly oblique pale 

 ochraceous band, which extends from much beyond the middle of 

 the anterior disk of the fore wings to near the end of the interior 

 border of the hind wings, whence it is continued along the interior 

 border towards the base. Fore wings hardly acute ; the band including 

 a ramose silyery mark in front and two whitish lines hindward ; 

 costa and exterior border hardly convex. Hind wings with a yel- 

 lowish patch, extending along the hind part of the exterior border, 

 and containing three black dots ; a pale brownish patch about the 

 interior angle ; three separate silvery streaks on the band. Length 

 of the body 8 ? lines ; of the win^s 20 lines. 



a. North Hindostan. Presented by the Secretary of the India 

 Board. 



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Zanclopteryx aculeataria. 



Var. P Female. White, slender. Palpi slender, porrect, a 

 liitle shorter than the breadth of the head; third joint lanceolate, 

 much shorter than the second. Antennae very slender. Abdomen 

 not extending beyond the hind wings. Legs long, very slender; 

 hind tibiae with two very short apical spurs. Wings delicate, shining, 

 slightly hyaline. Fore wings elongate, acute ; costa and exterior 

 border straight, the latter very oblique. Hind wings with the inte- 

 rior ansle prominent. Length of the body 4^ — 5 lines ; of the 

 wings 13 — 14 lines. 



a. Jamaica. From Mr. Gosse's collection. 

 6. Brazil. From Mr. Argent's collection. 



Zanclopteryx saponaria. 

 d. Mysol. From Mr. Wallace's collection. 



Zanclopteryx purgata. 



Foem. Alba, nitens ; alee lata, subopalince, lituris nullis ; anticce 

 acutce ; posticce abdomen longe superantes. 



Female. White, shining. Proboscis short. Palpi slender, 

 very short, not extending beyond the front. Legs smooth, slender; 

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

 pearly, without any markings. Fore wings acute; costa straight; 



