﻿1124 CATALOGUE OF 



Catocala modesta, Van der Hoeven^ Lep. Nouv. pi. 7, f. 8. 

 Cocytodes immodesta, Guen. NocL iii. 42, 1372. 



Java. 



a. Ceylon. Presented by K. Templeton, Esq. 



b, Sumatra. From Sir Stamford Baffles' collection. 



Genus 2. CATEPHIA. 



Corpus robustum. Proboscis mediocris. Palpi ascendentes, 

 longiusculi; articuius 3us linearis, gracilis, apice obtusus, 21 

 dimidio longior. Antennae setacesB, corporis dimidio longiores. 

 Thorax dense vestitus. Abdomen distincte cristatum, alas posticas 

 superans. Pedes validi; tibias posticaB calcaribus longis. Alae 

 mediocriler latae ; auticse apud costam rectae, apice rotundatae, mar- 

 gine exteriore subdenticulato subconvexo mediocriter obliquo. 

 Mas. — Antennae subpectinatae. Foem. — Antennae simplices. 



CatepLia, Ochs. ; H'uhn. ; Treit, ; Boisd, ; Steph. ; Diip, ; Guen. 

 Ann, Soc, Ent. Fr, x. 80 ; Noct, iii. 43. 



Body stout. Proboscis moderately long. Palpi ascending, 

 rather long ; third joint linear, obtuse at the tip, much more slender 

 than the second and much more than half its length. Antennae 

 setaceous, more than half the length of the body. Thorax densely 

 clothed. Abdomen distinctly crested, extending somewhat beyond 

 the hind wings. Legs stout ; hind tibiae with long spurs. Wings 

 moderately broad. Fore wings straight along the costa, rounded at 

 the tips, slightly denticulated and convex and moderately oblique 

 along the exterior border. Male. — Antennae very minutely pecti- 

 nated. Female. — Antennae simple. 



1. Catephia alchymista. 



Nigra; palpi apice albidi ; abdoifien nigro-cinereum ; alee anticcB 

 lineis transversis angulosis anriulisque duobus airis, tinea 

 abbreviata punctique costalibus et marginalibus albis, fascia 

 submarginali diffusa cervina ; posticce plaga maxima discali, 

 ciliis ex parte gutiaque postica nigris, 



, Geoff. Ins. ii. 149. Engr. Pap. d'Eur. f. 556. 



Nociua alchymista, Fabr. Mant. Ins. ii. 171, 240 ; Ent. Syst. iii. 2, 

 100, 298. Wien. Verz. 89, 5. Bork. Eur. Schmett. iv. 70, 

 27. Hiibn. Eur. Schmett. Noct. pi. 62, f. 303. God. Lep. Fr. 

 V. 100, pi. 53, f. 1. Freg. Beitr. iii. pi. 230. 



