452 CATALOGUE OF 



7. SlMAETHIS DEPULSANA. 



Fcem. Cupreo-nigra ; corpus subtus album ; palpi albi, graciles, 

 lanceolati, subarcuati, subascendentes, apice nigricantes ; pedes 

 albi, nigro fasciati ; alee anticce apice rotunda tee, punctis sub- 

 marginalibus purpureis, maculis quatuor discalibus guttaque 

 marginali albis ; posticce macula discali fasciaque submar- 

 ginali abbreviala albis, fimbria albo bistrigata. 



Female. Cupreous-black. Body white beneath. Palpi white, 

 smooth, slender, lanceolate, slightly curved and ascending ; third 

 joint longer than the second, blackish towards the tip. Legs white, 

 with black bands. Wings with brilliant metallic purple marks 

 along the exterior border ; these marks are points in the fore wings, 

 streaks in the hind wings. Fore wings rounded at the tips, with 

 four white discal spots, the second and third forming an interrupted 

 and abbreviated band ; a white apical dot on the fringe ; exterior 

 border convex, slightly oblique. Hind wings with a white elongated 

 discal spot and a white submarginal band, the latter abbreviated in 

 front ; fringe with two white oblique streaks. Length of the body 

 2 lines ; of the wings 5 lines. 



a, b. Ega. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



8. SlMAETHIS CONFLUXANA. 



Mas. Cupreo-nigra, subcinerascens ; corpus subtus album ; palpi 

 porrecti; pedes albi, nigro fasciati ; alee lituris submarginali- 

 bus cyaneis et purpureis, annulo discali oblongo transverso 

 strigisque duabus poslicis albidis, macula exteriore alba ; 

 posticce macula discali fasciaque submarginali abbreviata albis, 

 fimbria albo bistrigata. 



Male, Cupreous-black, tinged with cinereous, like S. depul- 

 sana in structure. Body white beneath. Palpi white, porrect, not 

 ascending. Antennae smooth, slender. Abdomen not extending 

 beyond the hind wings ; apical tuft small. Legs white, with black 

 bands, Wings with blue and purple submarginal marks, like those 

 of S. depulsana. Fore wings with a whitish oblong transverse discal 

 ringlet, and with two short whitish transverse streaks on the interior 

 border ; a white spot in the exterior disk, corresponding to the fourth 



