454 CATALOGUE OF 



11. SlMAETHIS SCINTILLANA. 



Fcem. Obscure cupreo-fusca ; antenna albo annulatce; thorax 

 guttis duabus viridibus micantibus ; abdomen apice viridi 

 micans ; alee antica punctis basalibus viridibus punctisque 

 exterioribns chalybazo-albis. 



Female. Dark cupreous-brown. Palpi smooth, slender, much 

 shorter than the breadth of the head ; second joint slightly curved ; 

 third linear, shorter than the second. Antennae with white rings. 

 Thorax with a metallic green brilliant dot on each side. Abdomen 

 with metallic green lustre towards the tip. Fore wings acute, with 

 some brilliant metallic green points towards the base, and with some 

 exterior chalybeous white points ; costa and exterior border almost 

 straight, the latter moderately oblique. Hind wings a little paler 

 than the fore wings. Length of the body 1^ line; of the wings 

 5 lines. 



a, b. Ega. From Mr. Bates 5 collection. 



Asia. 



12. SlMAETHIS BUTHUSALIS. 



Mas. Nigricans ; corpus subtus album ; palpi Iceves, graciles s 

 breves, subarcuati, subascendentes, articulo do parvo ; pedes 

 albi 9 nigricante fasciati ; alee anticcz apice rotundata, fasciis 

 tribus indeterminatis albidis, guttis marginalibus atris chaly- 

 bceo punctatis ; posticee maculis duabus albidis, macula exte- 

 riore magna pallidissime cervina, linea marginali albida. 



Male. Blackish. Body white and shining beneath. Palpi 

 smooth, slender, slightly curved and ascending, much shorter than 

 the breadth of the head; third joint acute, minute. Antennae 

 minutely setulose. Legs white ; tibiae and tarsi with blackish bands. 

 Wings rather short and broad. Fore wings rounded at the tips, 

 with three irregular whitish bands ; second band broader than the 

 first, composed of three spots, of which the hindmost is the largest ; 

 marginal dots deep black, each accompanied by a glittering chaly- 

 beous point ; costa straight ; exterior border convex, moderately 

 oblique. Hind wings with two whitish spots, which form a widely 

 interrupted band ; a large exterior very pale fawn-coloured spot ; 

 marginal line whitish. Length of the body 1J line ; of the wings 

 4 lines. 



a. Ceylon. From M. Nietner's collection. 



