LEP1D0PTEEA HETEUOCEEA. * 415 



9. GrAUEIS GEMMISPAESANA. 



Foem. Fusca, sublus ochracea; abdominis segmenta aurato 

 fasciata ; tarsi albido fasciati; alee anticce nigro plagiata, 

 cinereo tessellata, spatio costali ochraceo, striga basali sub- 

 costali strigaque submarginali luteis, fasciis quatuor chaly- 

 bceis, la 2aque interruptis ; posticce ochracece, nigro fuscoque 

 varies, punctis posticis chalybceis micantibus. 



Female. Brown, mostly ochraceous beneath. Palpi smooth, 

 obliquely ascending, not rising higher than the vertex; third joiut 

 conical, minute. Antennae slender. Abdomen with a gilded baud 

 on the hind border of each segment. Tarsi with whitish bands. 

 Fore wings acute, with a few black patches ; most of the disk tes- 

 sellated with pale cinereous ; costal space more or less ochraceous; 

 a luteous subcostal streak proceeding from the base, and a luteous 

 submargiiial streak proceeding from the costa, this streak bordered 

 by two cbalybeous streaks, which are united behind it ; two inter- 

 rupted chalybeous bands near the base and one entire exterior 

 chalybeous band ; costa and exterior border hardly convex, the latter 

 very slightly oblique. Hind wings ochraceous, varied hindw r ard 

 with black and towards the tip with brown ; black part accompanied 

 by brilliant chalybeous dots ; a submarginal chalybeous band, abbre- 

 viated in front. Length of the body 2 — 2^ lines; of the wings 

 5 — 6 lines. 



o— g. Ega. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



10. Gaueis dulcisana. 



Mas. Nigro-fusca, subtus albida ; caput flavescens, fuscescente 

 vittatum ; palpi albi ; abdomen cupreum ; alee anticce pur- 

 purea?, strigis duabus spatioque exteriore aurato-ochraceis, 

 strigulis punctisque exterioribus nigris, strigulis costalibus 

 obliquis albis, fimbria purpurascente ; postica? aurato- 

 ochracea?. 



Male. Blackish brown. Body whitish beneath. Head pale 

 yellowish, with an indistinct slender brownish stripe. Palpi white, 

 smooth, slender, not extending so far as the front; third joint 

 lanceolate, nearly as long as the second. Antennae miuutely setulose 

 and pubescent. Abdomen cupreous. Fore wings purple, hardly 

 acute, gilded ochraceous exteriorly ; the purple hue extending for less 

 than half the length along the costa and for more than two-thirds of 



