1094 CATALOGUE OF 



space inclosed by the latter rather paler than the wing elsewhere ; 

 inner band undulating; outer one almost straight. Length of the 

 body 7 lines; of the wings 16 lines. 



a. Hong Kong. Presented by Colonel Champion. 



Genus 73. ALPIS. 



Corpus robustum, dense lanuginosum. Palpi obsoleti ? An- 

 tennae breves. Abdomen alas posticas paullo superans. Alae sat 

 angustse. Mas.— Antennae late pectinatae. Abdomen apice pilis 

 longis vestitum. Pedes late ciliati. Fcem.— Antennae simplices. 

 Abdomen apice densissime lanuginosum. Tarsi apice subincras- 

 sati. 



Body stout, thickly clothed with woolly hairs. Palpi obsolete ? 

 Abdomen extending a little beyond the hind wings. Wings rather 

 narrow. Fore wings somewhat elongated towards their tips, espe- 

 cially in the female. Male. — Antennae deeply pectinated, full one- 

 fourth of the length of the body. Abdomen thickly clothed with 

 long hairs at the tip. Legs ciliated with long hairs. Female. — 

 Antennae simple, about one-third of the length of the body. Abdo- 

 men very thickly lanuginose at the tip. Tarsi somewhat incras- 

 sated towards the tips. 



Note. — This genus seems to connect the Notodontidce with the 

 Limacodidce. 



1. Alpis deeoliata. 



Fulva ; caput et thorax antice albida ; abdomen testaceum ; alee 

 cervince ; anticce dense lanuginosa, ex parte pallide fuscce 

 nigroque strigatce, vitta basali fasciaque undulosa obliqua ma- 

 culaque discali albidis. 



Tawny. Head and fore border of the thorax whitish. Abdomeu 

 testaceous. Wings fawn-colour. Fore wings mostly thickly 

 clothed with crispy woolly hairs, pale brown and streaked with black, 

 with the exception of a very broad stripe along the exterior and in- 

 terior borders; a broad short whitish stripe at the base; an undula- 

 ting oblique whitish band separating the brown from the fawn- 

 coloured part, and a whitish discal spot in the brown part ; second 

 inferior vein about twice further from the third than from the 

 second ; third further from the fourth than from the second. Male. 

 — Thorax with whitish spots. Length of the body 9 lines ; of the 

 wings 20 lines. Female. — Hairs of the thorax mostly vertical. 

 Length of the body 10 lines; of the wings 28 lines. 



