1136 CATALOGUE OF 



Ferruginous-red. Head above and thorax in front white. 

 Antennae black. Hind part of the thorax and abdomen tawny. 

 Fore legs with tawny stripes. Fore wings before the middle with a 

 short discal oblique band, which consists of three white and two 

 bright green spots, the latter intersecting the former ; under side 

 yellowish towards the base. Hind wings yellowish ; costa and ex- 

 terior margin with a ferruginous-red border, which is broadest in 

 the male. Length of the body 8 — 11 lines; of the wings 18 — 25 

 lines. 



a, b. Madagascar. From M. Becker's collection. 

 c. Madagascar. Presented by E. Doubleday, Esq. 



East Indies. 



A. Ala? anticae totae fuscae. - herbifera, Walk, 



B. Alae anticae viridi aut flavo fasciatae. 



A. Alae posticae fuscae. - latifascia, Walk. 



B. Alae posticae albidse. 



a. Ala? anticae basi fuscae. - laeta, Westw. 



b. Alae anticae basi virides. - varia, Walk. 



9. NySSIA HERBIFERA. 



Mas. Ferruginea; caput supra et thorax antice prasina, vitta 

 dor salt ferruginea ; alee anticae apices versus fuscce, macula 

 magna prasina apud marginem interiorem ; posticce fuscce, 

 subtus ferruginece. 



Male. Ferruginous. Vertex of the head and fore part of the 

 thorax grass-green, with a ferruginous middle stripe. Fore wings 

 brown towards the tips, and with a large grass-green spot on the 

 middle of the interior border. Hind wings brown, ferruginous 

 beneath. Length of the body 5 lines; of the wings 12 lines. 



a. Nepaul. Presented by Major-Gen. Hardwicke. 



10. Nyssia latifascia. 



Mas. Cervina, argenteo subvaria; caput flavo bivittatum ; thorax 

 Jlavus, cervino varius ; abdomen argenteo subfasciatum ; alee 

 anticce fascia obliqua latissima flava. 





