884 CATALOGUE OF 



Ft'mah. Cinereous. Thorax with two indistinct brownish 

 hands. Fore wings with almost obsolete transverse undulating 

 lines; two more distinct transverse double black lines; the one in- 

 terior, somewhat zigzag ; the second exterior, forming an acute 

 angle in front; an irregular forked whitish mark between this angle 

 and the tip ; a ferruginous spot by the interior angle, and a row of 

 slender sub marginal black lunules; orbicular and reuiform spots 

 almost obsolete. Hind wings whitish, with broad dark gray bor- 

 ders, and with a whitish spot by the interior angle; lunules like 

 those of the fore wings. Length of the body 6 lines ; of the wings 

 L3 lines. 



a. North India. From Mr. James' collection. 



Africa. 



8. Abrostola tkansfixa. 



Mas. Cinerea ; abdomen pallidum ; ahc antiac snbschistacecp, 

 triente media obscuriore^ fasciis duabus subroseis nigra mar- 

 ginattS) iineis basalt et submarginali nigris, hac angulosa, or- 

 bicular'} indisrinctd, reniformi nigra marginata, striga discali 

 obliqua lanceolata albida, margine exteriore subdenticulato ; 

 postica pal tide cinerea', margine lata fusevscentr, ciliis albidis 

 fusco no (at is. 



Male. Cinereous. Abdomen pale. Fore wings somewhat 

 slate-coh>iir, a little paler between the interior and exterior trans- 

 verse lines, which are double, undulating, and black ; a pinkish 

 tinge between each pair ; basal and submarginal lines black, the 

 latter zigzag; orbicular spot indistinct; reuiform with a black bor- 

 der, much excavated on the exterior side; a whitish lanceolate ob- 

 lique streak across the space between the interior and the exterior 

 lines, both of which it interrupts; exterior border slightly denticu- 

 late. Hind wings pale cinereous, with a broad brownish border; 

 Cilia whitish, with brown marks. Length of the body (> lines ; of 

 the wings !(> lines. 



a. Port Natal. From M. Gueinzius' collection. 



(Jen us 2. CALYPTIS. 



Fcern. Corpus robust um, lave. Frons plana. Oculi maximi. 

 Proboscis valida, sat longa. Palpi ascendentes, approximate ; arti- 

 culus 2us subtumidus, arcuatus ; 3us longissimus, rectus, com- 



