﻿1774 CATALOGUE OF 



winofs are paler than on the basal half; costa reddish, with a reddish 

 black-bordered triangular spot, including* the testaceous points, and 

 accompanied hindward by a dot and two points of the same hue, of 

 which a fourth mark is on the interior border beyond the middle ; 

 submarginal points black ; exterior border slightly anj^ular ; orbi- 

 cular mark white, punctiform ; reniform narrow, whitish, marked 

 with black, excavated on the outer side. Hind wings brown, cine- 

 reous towards the base, with two reddish black-marked streaks; the 

 second by the interior border ; a black line along the base of the 

 fringe, which is testaceous. Length of the body 6 lines; of the 

 wings 14 lines. 



a, Ceylon. From Mr. Stevens' collection. 



Penicillaria abscondens. 



Mas. Cervina, suhtus alba ; palporum articulus Sus 2i dimidio 

 non longior ; antennce subserratce ; abdomen cinereum, apice 

 rufescens ; al(B anticce litura discali cyanea^ lineis nonnullis 

 arcuatis maculisque tribus albis^ annulo fusco^ orbiculari ob- 

 soleta^ reniformi e macnlis duabus fuscis albo marginatis 

 lineolaque alba connexis^ margine exteriore apud medium 

 rectangulato ; posiiccB iridescente-albce, margine lato fusco 

 lineolam angulosam album includente, 



Male. Fawn-colour, white beneath. Third joint of the palpi 

 not more than half the length of the first. Antennae slightly ser- 

 rated. Abdomen cinereous, reddish towards the tip, where there 

 are two diverging tufts. Fore wings with a blue mark in the disk, 

 with some curved white lines, with an angular white spot on the in- 

 terior border, with a larger one by the hind part of the exterior bor- 

 der, and with a third apical one ; a brown ringlet by the first white 

 spot; orbicular mark obsolete; reniform consisting of two brown 

 spots, bordered with white and connected by a white line ; exterior 

 border forming a right angle in the middle, behind which it is ex- 

 tremely oblique. Hind winijs iridescent- white, with a broad brown 

 border, which contains a short zijizag white line by the interior 

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



Bogota. In Mr. Saunders' collection. 



