﻿LEPIDOPTERA HETEEOCEHA. 1211 



base and the reniform spot than exteriorly, with the exception of the 

 whitish submai\2:inal line ; the usual black lines and the reniform 

 spot not very distinct; under side with the usual black bands. 

 Hind wings red ; band curved, moderately broad, somewhat con- 

 tracted before the middle, not extending to the interior margin ; 

 border broad, somewhat less excavated hindward than that^of 

 Cnupta; apical streak and ciliae white; under side with the red 

 part occupying a much smaller space than that of C nupta, and 

 with the band very much attenuated towards the costa. Length of 

 the body 15 lines ; of the wings 36 lines. 



a. North Hindostan. Presented by Mrs. Mauger. 



62. Catocala prolifica. 



Nigricante-cinerea ; abdomen cinereum ; alee anticce ferrugineo 

 subvarice, ex parte viridescente-nigrce^ lineis transversis valde 

 indistinctis, maculis discalibus obsoletis ; posticce rufcs^ fascia 

 recta incisa vix lata postice angulata non abbreviata, margine 

 latissimo valde excavato^ striga apicali alba, ciliis nigrican- 

 tibus. 



Blackish cinereous, whitish beneath. Abdomen cinereous. 

 Fore wings wholly black, and with a slight greenish tinge in some 

 parts, here and there slightly ferruginous ; transverse lines very in- 

 distinct ; discal spots obsolete ; under side white, with the black 

 bands very broad. Hind wings red, with the band hardly broad, 

 irregular in outline, straight, angular hindward, extending to the 

 interior margin ; border very broad,, much excavated hindward ; 

 apical streak white; ciliae mostly blackish; under side red, white 

 towards the costa. Length of the body 16 lines ; of the wings 36 

 lines. 



a. North Hindostan. Presented by Mrs. Mauger. 



Group 2. 

 Like the fifth European group. 



A. Alae posticae fascia lutea. - - - - amata, Bremer. 



B. AlaB posticae luteae. 



A, Alae posticae margine interrupto. - abamita, Bremer. 



B, Alae posticae margine non interrupto. 



A. Alae posticae macula apicali lata. - - dotata, Walk. 



B. Alae posticae macula apicali angusta, - praeguax, Walk, 



5 M 



