﻿996 CATALOGUE OF 



nous, and with some black exterior streaks. Length of the bodj 



5 — 6 lines ; of the wings 12 — 14 lines. 



a^c. Africa. Presented by J. F. Stephens, Esq. 



Genus 7. THALATTA. 



Corpus sat gracile. Proboscis mediocriter longa. Palpi longi, 

 graciles, oblique ascendentes; articulus 3us 2i dimidio paullo lon- 

 gior. Antennae simplices, corporis dimidio longiores. Abdomen 

 alas posticas vix superans. Pedes sat valid i ; tibise posticae calcari- 

 bus longis. Alae mediocriter lalse ; anticae apud costam subreclae, 

 apice acutse, margine exteriore apud medium angulato. 



Body rather slender. Proboscis moderately long. Palpi long, 

 slender, obliquely ascending ; third joint a little more than half the 

 length of the second. Antennae simple, more than half the length 

 of the body. Abdomen hardly extending beyond the hind wings. 

 Legs moderately stout ; hind tibiae with long spurs. Wings mode- 

 rately broad. Fore wings almost straight in front, acute at the 

 tips ; exterior border forming a distinct angle in the middle. 



1. Thalatta precedens. 



Ferruginea, subius cinerea ; abdomen cinereum ; alee anticcB gutta 

 discali interiore nivea, linea transversa exteriore recta sub- 

 obliqua obscura pallido marginata^ punctis submarginalibus 

 , nigris, ciliis obscure ferrugineis ; posticce cupreo-cinerece. 



Ferruginous, cinereous beneath. Abdomen cinereous. Fore 

 wings with a snow-white dot in the disk at one-third of the length, 

 with a transverse straight slightly oblique dark pale-bordered line 

 beyond the middle, and with an exterior row of black points ; cilige 

 dark ferruginous. Hind wings cupreous-cinereous. Length of the 

 body 6 lines; of the wings 14 lines. 



a, Hindostan. From Archdeacon Clerk's collection. 



1. Thalatta curvifera. 



LuteO'ferruginea, subtus pallida ; abdomen cinereum ; pedes albidi, 

 tarsis nigricantibus apice albidis ; alee anticce apud costam 

 subcinerece, macula postica lutea obscura, linea e guttis nigris 

 lineaque alba subarcuata transversis exterioribus ; posticae 

 cupreo'ferruginece, apud costam pallida. 



