﻿1116 CATALOGUE OF 



2. Decelea diffusa. 



Foem. Cervina ; oculi magni ; thorax fusco fasciatus ; abdomen 

 pallide fuscum, segmenlorum marginibus pallide testaceis^ apice 

 cervino ; alee anticce strigis exterioribns cupreis, fasciis incom- 

 pletis fuscescentibus y fasciisque tribus undulatis nigricantibus^ 

 his albido marginatis, reniformi lunulisque marginalibus 

 nigricaniibus, ciliis testaceis nigricante notatis ; posticce ceneo- 

 fuscce^ basi pallidiores, fasciis ciliisque testaceis. 



Female. Fawn-colour. Eyes large. Thorax with a brown 

 band. Abdomen pale brown ; bind borders of the segments pale 

 testaceous ; tip fawn-colour. Fore wings with cupreous exterior 

 streaks, with some incomplete brownish bands, and with three un- 

 dulating blackish bands ; the second or bent one and the third or 

 submarginal one with whitish borders ; reniform spot and marginal 

 lunules blackish ; cilia3 alternately testaceous and blackish. Hind 

 wings ceneous-brown, paler towards the base ; some irregular bands 

 and the ciliae testaceous ; marginal lunules dark brown. Length of 

 the body 7 lines ; of the wings 17 lines. 



a. West Coast of America. Presented by Capt. Kellett and Lieut. 

 Wood. 



3. Decelea infusa. 



Cervina ; thorax fusco notatus ; palporum articulus Sus 2o non 

 brevior ; abdomen pallidum; alee anticce fasciis transversis 

 undulatis fuscis duabusque nigricantibus, plaga intermedia 

 postica oblonga obscure fusca^ fascia exteriore albida, linea 

 submarginali pallida, lunulis marginalibus obscure fuscis ; 

 posticce cupreo-fusccB, lituris marginalibus albidis. 



Specimen much injured. Fawn-colour. Thorax marked with 

 brown ? Third joint of the palpi full as long as the second. Ab- 

 domen pale. Fore wings with slight transverse undulating brown 

 bands, and with an oblong large dark brown patch on the interior 

 border between the interior and the exterior bands, which are 

 blackish and undulating; the latter has a diffuse whitish band along 

 its exterior side ; submarginal line pale, undulating ; marginal 

 lunules dark brown. Hind wings cupreous-brown, with whitish 

 marginal marks; under side paler, with two brown bands. Length 

 of the body 6 lines ; of the wings 14 lines. 



