790 CATALOGUE OF 



Luteous, slender, white beneath. Palpi broad, short, acute, 

 slightly ascending, with a black dot near the base aud with black 

 tips. Thorax with two orange stripes. Fore tibiae black at the 

 base and at the tips, and with a black point above; fore tarsi 

 white, with a black band. Wings rather broad. Fore wings 

 acute, with five orange lines, each terminated by a black costal 

 point ; first, second and third lines basal ; interior line nearly 

 straight ; exterior line forming two right angles ; submarginal line 

 undulating, deep red, contiguous to a more exterior denticulated 

 somewhat chalybeous band, which is bordered by red on the outer 

 side ; exterior border red, with a black line ; fringe white, blackish 

 cinereous at the tip and for a space in the middle of the border. 

 Hind wings with the exterior line, submarginal line and exterior 

 border like those of the fore wings ; fringe blackish cinereous. 

 Length of the body 5 lines ; of the wings 14 lines. 



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



Asia. 



39. Scopula? Plangonalis. 



Rufa ; caput subttis et pectus antice alba ; palpi porrecti, longius- 

 euli, sat graciles, articulo 3o lanceolato ; thoracis latera 

 antica purpurascente-cinerea ; alec latiusculce, spatio apud 

 marginem interiorem fasciaque brevi apud marginem interio- 

 rem rufis, lineis interiore et exteriore nigricantibus, reniformi 

 e macula flava cordiformi rufo marginata, macula exteriore 

 oblonga alba hyalina ; posticce spatio apud marginem interio- 

 rem albido, margine exteriore Jimbriaque purpurascente- 

 cinereis. 



Bed. Head beneath and fore part of the pectus white. Palpi 

 porrect, rather long and slender, white beneath towards the base ; 

 third joint lanceolate, shorter than the second. Thorax purplish 

 cinereous on each side in front. Tarsi and fore coxae whitish. 

 Wings rather broad. Fore wings purplish cinereous, except the 

 space about the interior border and a short marginal band, which 

 is interrupted by the veins ; interior and exterior lines blackish ; 

 the former curved ; the latter oblique, interrupted by an oblong 

 white hyaline spot ; reniform mark represented by a yellow heart- 

 shaped red-bordered spot. Hind wings with the space along the 

 interior border whitish; exterior border and fringe purplish cine- 



