544 CATALOGUE OF 



Genus 18. ILURGIA. 



Mas. Corpus longum, gracillimum. Frons elongata, conica. 

 Proboscis longiuscula. Palpi breves, latissimi, valde compressi, 

 oblique ascendentes; articulus 3us minimus. Palpi maxillares 

 graciles, breviusculi. Antenna? longa3, graciles, pubescentes. Ab- 

 domen cylindricum, longissimum, alas posticas dimidio superans ; 

 fasciculus apicalis longus, coinpressus. Pedes glabri, longissimi, 

 gracillimi, calcaribus longis. Aiae antica? perangusta3, apice subro- 

 tundatae ; posticae subvitrese. 



Male. Body long, very slender. Front elongate, conical. 

 Proboscis rather long. Palpi obliquely ascending, short, much 

 compressed, very broad ; third joint extremely minute. Maxillary 

 palpi slender, rather short. Antennae long, slender, pubescent. 

 Abdomen cylindrical, very long, extending for half its length 

 beyond the hind wings; apical tuft long, compressed. Legs 

 smooth, very long and slender; spurs long. Fore wings very nar- 

 row, somewhat rounded at the tips, very oblique along the exterior 

 border. Hind wings rather narrow, nearly vitreous. 



1. Ilukgia defamatalis. 



Mas. Ochracea, subtus alba; caput albo vittatum ; palpi albo 

 marginati ; thorax albo quadrivittatus ; abdomen cinereo- 

 fuscum, apice testaceum ; alee antica fusco subnebulosa, lineis 

 duabus nitentibus albis, guttis duabus discalibus, una antica 

 nigra, altera postica fusca, linea marginali alba ; pos(ica 

 alba, subvitrea, apice nigricantes. Var. /3. — Cervina ; alee 

 anticce subvitrea, strigis fuscis aut nigris, lituris duabus dis- 

 calibus nigricantibus. 



Male. Ochraceous, white beneath. Head white about the 

 eyes, and with a white stripe. Palpi bordered with white. Thorax 

 with four white lines. Abdomen cinereous-brown ; apical tuft tes- 

 taceous. Legs white. Fore wings pale ochraceous, slightly shaded 

 with brown, with two shining white lines, the fore one having 

 a black dot on its fore border, the hind one having a brown dot on 

 its hind border ; exterior border with a white line. Hind wings 

 white, nearly vitreous, blackish at the tips and along the adjoining 

 part of the exterior border. Length of the body 7 lines ; of the 

 wings 12 — 14 lines. 

 Hindostan. In Mr. Saunders' collection. 



