﻿1114 CATALOGUE OF 



prevalent. Fore wings with a white spot on the fore border very 

 near the tip. Length of the body 6^ lines ; of the wings 14 lines. 



a. Ceylon. Presented by E. Tenopleton, Esq. 



Genus 27. PEOSPALTA. 



Fmm. Corpus vix robustum. Proboscis mediocris. Palpi 

 porrecti, sat validi ; articulus 3us lanceolatus, gracilis, 2i dimidio 

 iongior. Antennae sat validae, corporis dimidio longiores. Abdo- 

 men nun cristatum, alas posticas non superaus. Pedes sat validi ; 

 tibia3 posticae calcavibus longis. Alae latiusculse, subdenticulatae ; 

 anlicae apud costam vix convexae, apice subangulatae, margine exte- 

 riore vix convexo sat obliquo. 



Female, Body hardly stout. Proboscis moderately long. 

 Palpi porrect, rather stout ; third joint lanceolate, much more slen- 

 der than the second and more than half its length. Antennae rather 

 stout, a little more than half the length of the body. Abdomen not 

 crested, not extending beyond the hind wings. Legs moderately 

 stout ; hind tibiae with long spurs. Wings rather broad, slightly 

 denticulated. Fore wings hardly convex along the costa, slightly 

 angular at the tips, very slightly convex and rather oblique along 

 the exterior border. 



1. PROSPALTA LEUCOSPILA. 



Fcem. Fusca, snhtus cinerea ; palpi albo cincti ; abdomen aneo- 

 cinereum ; alee anticcB guttis variis albis, fasciis duabus aut 

 tribus guttularibus valde incompletis, macula discali alba 

 fusco uniguttata ; posticce (Bneo-cinerece, ciliis ex parte albis. 



Female. Brown, cinereous beneath. Head and thorax with a 

 few white flecks. Second and third joints of the palpi with white 

 tips ; third white at the base. Abdomen cinereous, with an aeneous 

 tinge. Fore wings with white dots of various size forming two or 

 three very incomplete bands ; a discal white spot accompanied by 

 six white dots, and containing a brown dot near its inner side. 

 Hind wings aeneous-cinereous ; ciliae partly white. Length of the 

 body 7 lines; of the wings 17 lines. 



Hindostan. In Mr. Saunders' collection. 



