958 CATALOGUE OF 



Male and female. Ferruginous, pale testaceous beneath . 

 Head and palpi on the inner side and towards the tips white. Ab- 

 domen cupreous-brown, testaceous at the tip, luteous beneath. 

 Fore wings paler towards the base, near which there are two slender 

 dark very zigzag bands ; the part towards the exterior border is 

 sprinkled with a purplish hue, and contains several transverse dark 

 lines, which are curved in front ; a slight costal subapical blue 

 mark, and an ochraceous spot by the interior angle. Hind wings 

 cupreous-brown, with a small shaded pale luteous discal spot; 

 under side luteous, with a broad cupreous border. Length of the 

 body 7^ lines ; of the wings 18 lines. 



a — d. ? From Mr. Milne's collection. 



Genus 3. CALPE. 



Corpus robustum. Proboscis mediocriter longa. Palpi por- 

 recti, validi, subtus densissime fasciculati ; articulus 3us minimus. 

 Antennas corporis dimidio non longiores. Abdomen alas posticas 

 non superans. Pedes validi, pilosi ; tibiae posticas calcaribus longis, 

 Alas sat amplae ; anticae apud costam rectae, apice acuminata? sub- 

 hamatae, margine exteriore convexo denticulato, interiore excavato 

 dentato. Mas. — Antennae pectinatae. 



Calpe, Treit. Schmett. ii. 168 ; Boisd. ; Dvp. ; Guen. Noct. ii. 



373. 

 Gonodonta, p., H'ubn. Verz. Schmett. 263. 

 Cdyptra, Ochs. ; Dup. ; Latr. 



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

 very thickly tufted beneath ; third joint very minute, hidden by the 

 hairs of the second. Antennae not more than half the length of the 

 body. Abdomen extending a little beyond the hind wings. Legs 

 stout, pilose ; hind tibiae with long spurs. Wings somewhat 

 ample. Fore wings straight in front, acuminated and almost 

 hooked at the tips ; exterior border denticulated, convex, hardly 

 oblique in front; interior border distinctly excavated and dentate. 

 Male. — Antennae pectinated. 



