654 CATALOGUE OF 



10. HVPERCOMPA EQUITALIS. 



Fusco-olivacea ; thorax cenetis 9 albo vittatus ; abdomen basiapiceque 

 rubrum ; alee anticce fuseo-olivacece, albo maculatce ; posticce 

 albce,fusco venosce et maculatce. 



Euprepia equitalis, Kollar, Kaschmir von Von Hugel, 465, 2, pi. 

 20, f. 3. 



Himalaya Mountains. 



Head red, pale yellow about the eyes, with two black dots 

 between the antennae, two behind and two beneath, and a large 

 black spot in front. Palpi red, with black spots and tips. Proboscis 

 tawny. Antennae black. Thorax aeneous green, with two pale 

 yellow stripes, in front with one stripe which is partly red, partly 

 pale yellow. Pectus red, with black spots. Abdomen blackish 

 green, red on each side and at the tip ; under side pale yellow, 

 middle stripe and hind borders of the segments brown. Fore wings 

 aeneous green, with many oblong subquadrate whitish spots, which 

 form a forked band at two-thirds of the length. Hind wings 

 whitish, with more or less aeneous green spots along the hind bor- 

 der, and with an aeneous green stripe near the inner border ; veins 

 brown. Legs brown, streaked with pale yellow. Length of the 

 body 11 lines ; of the wings 34 lines. 



a — c. Nepaul. Presented by Major.-Gen. Hardwicke. 



d. Himalaya Mountains. Presented by the Entomological Club. 



11. Hypercompa histrio. 



Foem. Late jlava ; corpus macidis nigro-viridibus ; antennce 

 nigrce ; abdomen fasciis dorsalibus nigro-viridibus ; pedes 

 nigro-cyanei, flavo strigati ; alee anticce viridi-nigrce, maculis 

 sexdecim albis una que Jlava subtrigona ; posticce fasciis tribus 

 irregularibus macularibus atris. 



Fern. Bright yellow. Head with a large blackish green spot 

 in front. Proboscis testaceous. Antennae black. Prothorax with 

 a large blackish green spot on each side. Thorax blackish green 

 along each side, and with a large dorsal conical blackish green spot. 

 Abdomen with a blackish green dorsal band on each segment; 

 under side with three rows of blackish green spots. Legs blackish 

 blue, streaked with yellow. Fore wings greenish black ; each with 

 sixteen white spots of various size and form, and with one nearly 

 triangular yellow spot towards the costa, and a little before the 

 middle. Hind wings bright yellow, with three irregular macular 



