946 CATALOGUE OF 



gilded marginal streak, dilated hindward, and emitting a broad 

 inward streak, which joins a cinereous discal stripe; the latter has a 

 black point on its fore border. Hind wings aeneous-brown, cine- 

 reous towards the base ; ciliae whitish, narrow. Length of the body 

 7 lines ; of the wings 16 lines. 



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



Country unknown. 



8. ORiESIA METALLESCENS. 



O. emarginatae affinis ; alee anticee violaceo-cinerece^ nitentes y 

 lineis transversis distinctis, fasciis duabus auratis ; posticce 

 cinerea. 



Oraesia metallescens, Guen. Noct. ii. 364, 1205. 



Gonus 2. GONODONTA. 



Corpus crassum, pilosum. Proboscis mediocriter longa. 

 Palpi pilosi, asceudentes, crassi, subarcuati ; articulus 3us brevis- 

 simus. Antennae validae, simplices, corporis dimidio multo lon- 

 giores. Abdomen alas posticas paullo superans. Pedes validi ; 

 tibiae posticae calcaribus longis. Ala? anticae mediocriter lata?, apud 

 costam recta?, apice acuminata?, margine exteriore integro sub- 

 convexo mediocriter obliquo, interiore excavato et dentato. 



Gonodonta, p., et Athyania, H'tibn. Verz. Schmett. 263. 

 Gonodonta, Guen. Noct. ii. 364. 



Body stout, pilose. Proboscis moderately long. Palpi pilose, 

 ascending, very stout, slightly curved; third joint very short. An- 

 tennae stout, simple, much more than half the length of the body. 

 Abdomen extending a little beyond the hind wings. Legs stout; 

 hind tibiae with long spurs. Fore wings moderately broad, straight 

 in front, acuminated at the tips; exterior border entire, slightly 

 convex, moderately oblique ; interior border excavated and dentated. 



