1712 CATALOGUE OF 



Page 1296. 

 Melanippe obductata. 



Cidaria obductata, Moschler, Wien. Ent. Monat. iv, 374, pi. 10, f. 3. 

 M. luctuata, var. P 



Labrador. 



Page 1297. 

 Melanippe coloeata. 



Mas. Albido-cinerea, vix rufescens; caput et thorax cinereo- 

 viridia ; abdomen guttis trigonis nigris bivittatum ; alee punctis 

 marginalibus nigris ; anticce basi fasciaque obscure viridibus, 

 spatio marginali viridi apud apices nigricante, 



Male. Whitish cinereous, with a slight reddish tinge. Head 

 arid thorax cinereous-green. Abdomen with two rows of triangular 

 black dots. Wings with black marginal points. Fore wings with 

 the base and the band dark green, the latter much tinged with dark 

 red; marginal space green, blackish towards the tips. Length of 

 the body 5^ lines ; of the wings 12 lines. 



Var. Whitish. Body cinereous, black-speckled. Wings 

 with a slender blackish interrupted marginal line. Fore wings with 

 a broad undulating dark olive band, which is dilated in front and is 

 bordered and interlined with black ; submarginal line white, denti- 

 culated, almost obsolete, except where it intersects a blackish sub- 

 apical patch. Hind wings with two indistinct darker lines, which 

 correspond to the borders of the band of the fore wings. 



a, b. Cape Town. From Mr. Trimen's collection. 



Page 1297. 

 Melanippe teliferata. 



Mas. Nigra; palpi lanceolati, capitis latitudinc non breviores, 

 subtus basi albidi ; pedes albo lineati; alee anticce apice ro- 

 tundata, fascia antice furcata lineisque duabus exterioribus 

 postice connexis albis, lineolis tribus ochraceis subclavatis 

 iineolisque tribus pallide cyanescentibus, linea marginali tenui 

 subnyanescente ; posticee albce, linea exteriore undulata nigra, 

 macula discali spatioque marginali nigricantibus. 



