638 CATALOGUE OF 



Male and fern. Body stout. Proboscis a little longer than the 

 breadth of the head. Palpi very short ; third joint very small. 

 Antennae simple. Thorax with the hairs flat and elosely applied to 

 the surface. Abdomen extending a little beyond the thorax. 

 Legs slender; hind tibiae with two very short apical spurs. Wings 

 rather long. Fore wings narrow ; second inferior vein almost close 

 to the third, a little further from the first; third fnll six times 

 further from the fourth than from the first. Hind wings moderately 

 broad ; second and third inferior veins united near the base ; first 

 near to the second ; fourth remote from the third. 



1. Creatonotos interrupta. 



Pallide carnea ; thorax vitta fusiformi nigra ; abdominis dorsum 

 coccineum s e maculis nigris trivittatum ; tibice tarsique 

 nigra ; alee anticce vitta discali nigra apicem versus oblique 

 interrupta ; posticce albidce out cinerece, nonnunquam maculis 

 submarginalibus nigris, 



Phalaena interrupta, Linn. Syst. Nat. Phal. 116. Sulz. Geseh. 



22, 3. 

 Bombvx Francisca, Fabr. Mant. Ins. ii. 131, 200 ; Ent. Syst. iii. 



1^ 480, 228. Gmel. Syst. Nat. i. 5, 2445, 589. Oliv. Enc. 



Meth. v. 100, 260. 

 Creatonotos interrupta, Hitbn. Verz. Schmett. (Phalcence Verce 



Hipocritce Sphingiformes), 170, 1745. 



a, b. Nepaul. Presented by Major-Gen. Hardwicke. 

 c y d. Ceylon. Presented by R. Templeton, Esq. 

 £,/. North India. From Mr. L. James' collection. 

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



2. Creatonotos emittens. 



Mas. Testacea ; palpi fusci subtus albidi, basi rufi ; abdomen 

 rufum, e maculis nigris univittatum, apice et subtus testaceum ; 

 alee anticce vitta interrupta discali fusca. 



Male. Testaceous, with a slight saffron tinge. Palpi brown, 

 whitish beneath, red at the base. Antennae whitish, red at the 

 base ; pectinations black. Abdomen red, with a row of black spots, 

 pale testaceous at the tip and beneath. Legs pale testaceous. Fore 

 wings with a reddish tinge along the costa, and with a slender 

 brown discal stripe, which is widely interrupted at two-thirds of the 

 length of the wing; under side much paler. Hind wings pale tes- 

 taceous. Fern. P — White. Palpi and antenna? brown ; palpi 

 beneath and antennae towards the base white. Abdomen above 



