814 CATALOGUE OF 



1. TlT ANA. ADELELLA. 



Obscure purpuras cen s ; palpi argentei ; antenna argenteo-alba, 

 nigro annulata ; pedes argentei, tibiis poslicis nigris ; aim 

 an tic ce fimbria aryentea ; posticce purpureo-cuprece. 



Dark purpl : sh. Palpi mostly silvery. Antennae silvery white, 

 with very numerous black rings. Legs mostly silvery ; hind tibiae 

 black, clothed with black hairs. Fore wings with a silvery white 

 fringe. Hind wings purplish cupreous. Length of the body 

 4^? lines; of the wings 11 lines. 



Sarawak, Borneo. Tn Mr. Saunders' collection. 



Genus 107. THUBANA. 



Fcem. Corpus sat robustum. Caput laeve. Proboscis con- 

 spicua. Palpi glnbri, arcuati, graciles, capitis latitudine quadruplo 

 longiores ; articulus 3us gracillimus, 2o non brevior. Antennae 

 graciles, alis anticis multo longiores. Abdomen alas posticas 

 dimidio supevans. Pedes longiusculi, sat validi ; tibiae posticae 

 pilosae. Alse anticae latiuseulae, apice rectangulata?, margine exte- 

 riore recto postice rlexo perobliquo. 



Allied to CEcophora. Female. — Body rather stout. Head 

 smooth. Proboscis distinct. Palpi curved, smooth, slender, four 

 times longer than the breadth of the head ; third joint setilorm, very 

 slender, as long as the second. Antennae slender, much longer than 

 the fore win^s. Abdomen extending for half its length beyond the 

 hind wings. Legs rather long and stout ; hind tibiae pilose; spurs 

 very long. Wings rather broad. Fore wings rectangular at the 

 tips; exterior border straight, bent near the interior angle, where it 

 is very oblique. 



1. Thubana bisignatella. 



Fcem. Cuprea ; caput an/en teo-cinereum ; antenna argenteo- 

 albtf, basi cuprea ; alee anticce macula costali magna alba sub- 

 trigona. 



Female. Cupreous. Head, under side and legs silvery cine- 

 reous. Antennfje silvery white ; first joint cupreous. Fore wings 

 with a large irregularly triangular white spot on the middle of the 

 costa. Length of the body 4 lines; of the wings 10 lines. 



a. Sarawak, Borneo. From Mr. Wallace's collection. 



