﻿1322 CATALOGUE OF 



which is deDticulated, not straight and testaceous as in S. triloba* 

 Length of the body 12 lines ; of the wings 34 lines. 



a. Hindostan. From Archdeacon Clerk's collection. 

 h. North Hindostan. From Mr. James' collection. 



7. Spiramia recessa. 



Mas. Fusca^ S. retortae affinis, suhtus subcervina ; caput et tho- 

 rax anticus nigro-fusca ; abdomen rvfum^ fasciis connexis 

 subtrigonis ahbreviatis nigris ; alee extus pallidiores lineis 

 transversis magis distinctis ; anticce ocello angustiore^ lineis 

 diiabus testaceis marginem nigrum includentibus^ fascia dis- 

 cali dijfusa obscure fusca ; posiicce lineis submargirialibus 

 denticulacis, 



Male, Brown, more fawn-colour beneath. Palpi at the base 

 and femora with red hairs. Head and fore part of the thorax 

 blackish brown. Abdomen bright red, with black connected abbre- 

 viated subtriangular bands. Wings slightly paler on the exterior 

 part, where the transverse lines are more distinct, and especially so 

 in the hind wings, whose submarginal lines are denticulated. Fore 

 wings with the ocellus rather narrower than that of S. retorta^ with 

 a black border, which is mostly enclosed in two testaceous lines, its 

 excavated part with a white marginal line ; the exterior lines nearly 

 contiguous to the ocellus, and, as usual, retracted in front ; an irre- 

 gular diffuse discal dark brown band, interrupted by the ocellus. 

 Length of the body 10 lines ; of the wings 26 lines. 



a — c» Australia. Presented by J. Hunter, Esq. 



Genus 3. HYPOPYRA. 



Corpus sat robustum. Proboscis mediocris. Palpi longius- 

 culi, ascendentes ; articulus 3us linearis, 2i dimidio vix brevior. 

 Antennae simplices, graciles, corporis dimidio valde longiores. Ab- 

 domen alas posticas non superans. Pedes validi ; tibiae posticae 

 calcaribus longis. Alae latce ; anticge apnd costam rectae, apice 

 rectangulatSB, margine exteriore perparum oblique. 



Hypopyra, Guen. Noct. iii. 198. 



Male, Body moderately stout. Proboscis moderately long. 

 Palpi rather long, ascending ; third joint linear, nearly half the 

 length of the second. Antennae simple, slender, much more than 



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