1108 CATALOGUE OF 



1. Messata RUBIGINOSA. 



Mas. Ferruginea ; antennae fulvae ; abdomen testaceum ; aloe an- 

 ticae vix purpurascentes, fasciis duabus angustis obliquis sub- 

 obsoletis nigrieantibus. 



Male. Ferruginous, rather paler beneath. Antennae tawny. 

 Abdomen testaceous. Fore wings with a very slight purplish tinge, 

 and with two slender oblique indistinct blackish bands. Length of 

 the body 11 lines; of the wings 28 lines. 



a. Ceylon. From Mr. Cuming's collection. 



2. Messata lineata. 



Mas. Testacea ; caput, antennae et pedes pallide lutea ; antennae 

 subpectinatae ; aloe vitta exteriore gracili obliqua subundulosa 

 fusca ; anticae basi dense pilosae. 



Male. Testaceous. Head, antennae and legs pale luteous. 

 Antennae very minutely pectinated. Fore wings rather thickly 

 pilose towards the base and on the basal part of the costa, with a 

 slender oblique hardly undulating brown stripe a little beyond three- 

 fourths of the length. Hind wings with a similar band, which 

 is more directly transversal, and its fore end is some space beyond 

 the hind end of the fore band. Length of the body 8 lines ; of the 

 wings 26 lines. 



a. North India. From Mr. Stevens' collection. 



Genus 4. NATADA. 



Mas. Corpus pilosum, sat robustum. Palpi mediocres aut 

 longi, porrecti, validi, subtus pilosissimi, caput plus minusve su- 

 perantes ; articulus 3us brevis, obtusus. Antennae mediocriter pec- 

 tinatae, corporis dimidio non longiores. Abdomen alas posticas non 

 superans, apice subfasciculatum. Pedes validi, pilosi ; tibiae posticae 

 calcaribus quatuor mediocriter longis. Alae latae ; anticae apud cos- 

 tam rectae, margine exteriore vix obliquo. 



Male. Body pilose, rather stout. Palpi porrect, stout, more 

 or le^ss long, very pilose beneath, extending rather far or very little 

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

 third short, obtuse. Antennae moderately pectinated, about half the 

 length of the body; the branches gradually decreasing in length. 

 Abdomen extending as far as the hind wings, somewhat tufted at 



