LEPIDOPTEEA HETEEOCERA. 453 



wings white with black borders which are broad at the tips and 

 widened around an included white spot. Length of the body 9 lines ; 

 of the wings 26 — 30 lines. 



a, b. Silhel. From Mr. Sowerby's collection. 



c. East Indies. From Archdeacon Clerk's collection. 



d, e. North India. From Mr. L. James' collection. 



Group 7. DAMALIS. 



Palporum articulus 3us 2o paullo brevior (Mas) aut ei aequalis 

 (Fcem.) Antennae maris subpectinatae,/aemm<s subsetosae. Alae sat 

 angustae, plerumque flavae aut cervinae. 



Damalis, Hubn. Verz. Schmett. 172, 1780. 

 Rhodogastria, p., Hubn. Verz. Schmett. 172. 



Third joint of the palpi a little shorter than the second in the 

 male, as long as the second in the female. Antennae minutely pec- 

 tinated in the male, beset with short bristles in the female. Wings 

 rather narrow, mostly yellow or fawn-colour. 



12. Hypsa egens. 



Lutea ; palpi apice et antenna nigra ; thorax nigro biguttatus ; 

 abdomen maculis dorsalibus nigris, subtus e maculis nigris 

 bivittatum ; pedes albi, nigro vittati ; alee anticce guttis basali- 

 bus nigris venisque albis ; subtus maculis duabus anticis 

 nigris ; postica subtus maculis discalibus nigris. 



Luteous. Second joint of the palpi with a black spot at the 

 tip ; third joint black. Proboscis testaceous. Antennae black. 

 Thorax with a black dot on each side between the fore wings. Ab- 

 domen with a row of black spots ; under side with two rows of black 

 spots. Legs white, striped with black. Fore wings with four or 

 five black dots at the base ; veins white ; under side with two black 

 spots in front, one at one-third, the other at half the length. Hind 

 wings with from one to six black spots in the disk beneath. Length 

 of the body 8 — 9 lines; of the wings 26 lines. 



a, b. North India. From Mr. L. James' collection. 



c. Silhet. From Mr. Argent's collection. 



d. East Indies. 



e,/. Java. From Mr. Henry's collection. 



