806 CATALOGUE OF 



Genus 17. ANTIPHA. 



Mas. Corpus gracile. Palpi porrecti, validi, pilosi, caput 

 superantes ; articulus 2us lo multo longior ; 3us parvus, conieus, 

 acutus. Antennae latissime pectinatae. Abdomen alas posticas non 

 superans. Pedes graciles; tibiae posticas calcaribus longis apicali- 

 bus. Alae latae. 



Male. Body slender. Palpi porrect, stout, pilose, extending 

 beyond the head ; second joint much longer than the first ; third 

 small, acute-conical. Antennae very deeply pectinated. Abdomen 

 not extending beyond the hind wings. Legs slender ; hind tibiae 

 with long apical spurs. Wings broad. Fore wings with three 

 inferior reins ; first and second contiguous at the base ; third near 

 the second. 



1. Antipha costalis. 



Mas. Sordide albida ; caput, thorax anticus et pedes antici supra 

 fusca ; ala anticce fusco conspersa, basi, costm dimidio basali 

 fasciaque brevi lata obliqua fuscis, maculis tribus disealibus 

 nigricantibus. 



Male. Dingy whitish. Head and fore part of the thorax 

 brown. Antennae with brown branches. Anterior legs mostly 

 brown above. Fore wings speckled with brown, almost wholly 

 brown towards the base, and from thence along more than half the 

 length of the costa ; three blackish spots in the disk, and a broad 

 oblique deep brown band proceeding from thence to the tip of 

 the costa; a few brown dots along the exterior margin. Length of 

 the body 4 lines ; of the wings 10 lines. 



a. Ceylon. Presented by K. Templeton, Esq. 



2. Antipha basalis. 



Mas. Fusca, subtus albida ; abdomen et pedes postici albida; alee 

 antica? macula basali atra fasciisque tribus subobsoletis nigri- 

 cantibus ; postica? albida. 



Male. Brown, whitish beneath. Abdomen and legs whitish. 

 Fore wings with a black spot in the disk very near the base, and 

 with three undulating indistinct, imperfect, and very slender blackish 

 bands ; first band beyond the middle; second beyond two-thirds of 

 the length ; third very near the exterior border. Hind wings 

 whitish. Length of the body 6 lines ; of the wings 13 lines. 



East Indies. In Mr. Saunders' collection. 



