﻿1544 CATALOGUE OF 



marks almost obsolete. Hind wings mostly white in front, and 

 with an irregular white submargiual line. Length of the body 

 8 lines ; of the wings 18 lines. 



«. Celebes. From Madame Ida Pfeiffer's collection. 



Genus 5. GALAPHA. 



Mas. Corpus sat validum. Proboscis gracilis, brevissima. 

 Palpi longi, compressi, oblique ascendentes; articulus 2us sat gra- 

 cilis, subpilosus ; 3us subclavatus, 2o vix brevior. Antennae sub- 

 setosae. Abdomen conicura, alas posticas non superans. Pedes 

 sat validi,sul)pilosi,non longi ; tibiae posticae calcaribus longissimis. 

 Alae vix latae, margine exteriore apud medium angulato ; anticae 

 apice rectangulatse, margine exteriore postico perobliquo. 



Male. Body moderately stout. Proboscis slender, very short. 

 Palpi long, compressed, obliquely ascending; second joint rather 

 slender, slightly pilose ; third subclavale, nearly as long as the^ 

 second. Antennae very minutely setose. Abdomen conical, noti 

 extending beyond the hing wings. Legs rather stout, slightly' 

 pilose, not long; hind tibiae with very long spurs. Wings mode- 

 rately broad ; exterior border angular in the middle, especially that 

 of the hind wings. Fore wings rectangular at the tips ; hind part 

 of the exterior border very oblique. 



1. Galapha antecedens. 



Mas. Cinerea, suhtus carta; thorax siibferrugineus; alee an- 

 ticce lineis nigris denticulatis distinctis, fascia media obscura, 

 functis siihmarginalibus nigris transverse elongaiis ; anticce 

 linea submarginali costam versus nigro nebulosa poslice dupli- 

 caia et denticulata, 



Male. Cinereous, hoary beneath. Thorax somewhat ferrugi- 

 nous. Fore wings with the basal, interior and exterior lines black, 

 denticulated, distinct; the space between the two latter darker than 

 the ground-colour of the wing, and of equal breadth, except 

 towards the fore part of the fore wings, where the exterior line 

 diverges, and is retracted by the costa ; a row of transversely elon- 

 gated black submarginal points ; under side with the lines as above, 

 but, with the exterior line much less diverging in front. Fore 

 wings with the submarginal line shaded with black in front, double 



