752 CATALOGUE OF 



Deep black. Head red. Thorax with a red spot behind; 

 pectus red in front. Abdomen red above, with the exception of the 

 base and the fore border of each segment. Fore wings with yel- 

 lowish white marks, which consist of a spot near the base, a larger 

 one in the disk, and a third beyond still larger and contracted in the 

 middle, and an undulating band of dots near the tip. Hind wings 

 red, black at the base and along the hind border. Length of the 

 body 7 lines; of the wings 18—20 lines. 



a. ? Presented by E. Doubleday, Esq. 



Z>, c. Madagascar. From M. Becker's collection. 



Genus 61. SCIATHOS. 



Corpus sat robustum. Proboscis brevis. Palpi brevissimi ; 

 articulus 3us minimus. Pedes sat validi ; tibiae posticae calcaribus 

 apicalibus minutis. Mas. — Antennae late pectinatae. Abdomen 

 alas posticas paullo superans. Alae sat angustae. Ecem. — Antennae 

 mediocriter pectinatae. Abdomen alas posticas non superans. Alae 

 mediocriter latae. 



Body moderately stout. Proboscis short. Palpi very short ; 

 third joint very small. Legs rather stout ; hind tibiae with minute 

 apical spurs. Fore wings with the first and second inferior veins 

 unusually remote from each other ; second twice further from the 

 third than from the first; third a little further from the fourth than 

 from the second. Male. — Antennae rather deeply pectinated. Ab- 

 domen extending for about one-fourth of its length beyond the 

 hind wings. Wings rather narrow. Female. — Antennae moderately 

 pectinated. Abdomen not extending beyond the hind wings. 

 Wings moderately broad. 



1. SCIATHOS PUNCTIGEK. 



Mas et foem. Alius; caput rufum ; antennae nigra; thorax 

 margine antico maculisque sex rufis ; pectus et abdomen rufa ; 

 pedes nigri, coxis femoribusque rufis ; alee anticce fascia ma- 

 culari, ad costam rufce ; posticce rufce. 



Phalaena Bombyx punctigera, Cram. Pap. Exot. v. 151, pi. 34, 

 f. 1. 



Male and fern. White. Head bright red. Antennae black. 

 Thorax bright red in front, and with six dorsal bright red spots, 

 three on each side. Pectus and abdomen bright red. Legs black; 



