188 CATALOGUE OF 



Like the male, bat smaller. Fore wings with the interior 

 and exterior lines almost obsolete. Hind wings with the sub- 

 marginal line contiguous to the fringe beyond its angle, not 

 separate from it as in the male. Length of the body 4 lines ; of the 

 wings 12 lines. 



Sarawak, Borneo. In Mr. Saunders' collection. 



Genus 31. HIPOEPA. 



Mas. Corpus robustum, dense vestitum. Proboscis brevis. 

 Palpi validi, pilosi, ascendentes; articulus 2us arcuatus ; 3us linea- 

 ris, 2o paullo brevior. Antennae pubescentes, incurva?, corporis 

 dimidio fere breviores. Abdomen alas posticas non superans, fas- 

 ciculis tribus apicalibus. Pedes valid i, pubescentes, calcaribus 

 longis ; antici fasciculis longissimis. Ala3 mediocres, fimbria lata ; 

 anticee costa basali subeonvexa, margine exteriore flexo ; posticse 

 margine exteriore vix flexo. ' 



Male and female. Body stout. Head and thorax densely 

 clothed. Proboscis short. Palpi stout, pilose, ascending ; second 

 joint curved ; third linear, a little shorter than the second. An- 

 tennae pubescent, curled, hardly half the length of the body. Ab- 

 domen not extending beyond the hind wings ; tip with a slender 

 upright dorsal tuft, and with a tuft on each lateral valve. Legs 

 stout, pubescent; spurs long; fore legs with a tuft of very long 

 hairs. Wings moderately broad ; fringe broad. Fore wings 

 slightly convex along the basal half of the costa, sharply angular at 

 the tips ; exterior border distinctly bent. Hind wings with the ex- 

 terior border hardly bent. 



1. HlPOEPA LAPSALIS. 



Mas. Ferrugineo-fusca ; thorax squamosus ; alee anlica? sub- 

 purpurascentes, lineis fuscis distinctis angustis undulatis, linea 

 media lata recta obliqua intus diffusa, linea submarginali 

 intus diffusa extus concisa angulata albido marginata, striga 

 apicali nigricante ; posticce cinerece, linea exteriore fusca, sub- 

 marginali albida subtus guttulari. 



Male. Ferruginous-brown. Thorax squamous. Tuft on the 

 fore legs cinereous. Fore wings with a purplish tinge ; lines brown, 

 distinct; basal half line, interior line and exterior line slender, un- 



