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CATALOGUE OF 



expands into a white costal streak ; reniform mark white, small, 

 narrow, oblique. Hind wings with an interior white line more 

 straight and oblique than that of the fore wings. Length of the 

 body 3£ lines ; of the wings 9 lines. 



a. Pernambuco. Presented by J. P. G. Smith, Esq. 



Africa. 



16. Desmia afelictalis. 



Atra, subtus alba nigro fasciata, thoracis macula postica abdo- 

 minisque fasciae du& alba; alee maculis duabus, punctis 

 paucis jimbriaque apud angulos albis. 



Desmia afflictalis, Guen. Delt. et Pyral. 190, 125. 



Abyssinia. 



a, b. Congo. Presented by Sir J. Bichardson. 



c. Sierra Leone. From Mr. Foxcroft's collection. 



d. Ceylon. Presented by R. Templeton, Esq. 



e. North China. From Mr. Fortune's collection. 

 /. China. Presented by G. T. Laye, Esq. 



n. — ? 



Asia. 



A. Ala? posticae basi obscurae. 



A. Ala? posticae bimaculatae. 



B. Alae posticae unifasciatce. 



C. AlaB posticae unilineatae. 



B. Alae posticae basi albae. 



luctuosalis, Guen, 



fascialis, Cram. 



concisalis, Walk. 



Crithealis, Walk. 



17. Desmia Crithealis. 



Fcem. Fusca, corpore subtus, capite, abdominis fas ciis pedibusque 

 albis ; ala ccneofuscce ; anticce non elongata?, maculis duabus 

 discalibus transversis opalino-albis, la antice attenuata, 2a 

 intus convexa extus concava, linea exteriore tenui albida apud 

 costam dilataia ; postica? dimidio fere basali albo semihyalino 

 lituram fuscam includente, linea exteriore albida. 



Female. Brown. Head, under side and legs white. Abdomen 

 with white bands. Wings with an aeneous tinge. Fore wings not 

 prolonged, with two white-opaline transverse discal spots; first spot 



