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CATALOGUE OF 
Nyc-temera RADIATA. 
Mas. Nigra ; caput luteo-album , nigro bimaculalum ; palpi albi, 
apice nigri ; thorax albo vittatus ; pectus album , nigro macula- 
turn ; abdomen albidum , apice luteum ; pedes albo vittati ; 
alee anticce nigro-fuscee , radiis basalibus fasciaque lata exte - 
riore obliqua interrupta albis , posticee albce marginibus nigro- 
fuscis . 
ikTa/e. Black. Head white, with a luteous tinge, and with a 
black spot on the front and another behind. Proboscis tawny. 
Palpi white, with black tips. Thorax with white stripes. Pectus 
white, with black spots. Abdomen whitish ; tip luteous. Legs 
with white stripes. Fore wings blackish brown, with white rays ex- 
tending along half the length from the base, and with a broad ex- 
terior oblique interrupted white hand. Hind wings white, with 
blackish brown borders. Length of the body 6 lines ; of the wings 
18 lines. 
Manilla. In Mr. Saunders’ collection. 
Page 401. 
Nyctemera arctata. 
Mas. Lutea ; caput nigro biguttatum , palpi nigri ; antennee sat 
late pectinate; thorax et coxae nigro maculata ; abdomen 
f asciis dorsalibus maculisque later alibus nigr is ; pedes fusci ; 
alee albce . , anticce fusco trifasciatce , posticee maculis submargi- 
nalibus f us cis. 
Male. Luteous. Head with a black dot in front and another 
behind. Proboscis tawny. Palpi and antennae black, the latter 
rather deeply pectinated. Thorax, pectus and coxae with black 
spots Abdomen with black bands, and with four rows of black 
spots, two above and two beneath. Legs brown. Wings white. 
Fore wings with three brown bands; first band shortened hindward, 
connected on the costa with the second, which is slightly interrupted 
and accompanied by a spot in the middle ; third band marginal, and 
including some white spots along the exterior bolder. Hind wings 
with brown submarginal spots. Length of the body 8 lines ; of the 
wings 24 lines. 
Cherra Poonjee, Hindostan. In Mr. Saunders’ collection. 
