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CATALOGUE OF 
Fore wings with an exterior upright white band, which is almost 
macular, being interrupted by the brown veins. Hind wings white, 
with broad brown borders. Length of the body 6 lines ; of the 
wings 18 lines. 
a. Aneiteum, New Hebrides. Presented by the Admiralty. Voyage 
of H.M.S. Herald. Collected by Mr. Macgillivray. 
Nyctemera extendens. 
Mas. Nigro-fusca ; caput subtus luteum ; thorax luteo varius, 
albido quadrivittatus ; pectoris latera lutea ; abdomen albo 
fasciatum , apice luteum ; pedes ex parte albi ; alee anticce 
fasciis duabus latis macularibus albis , posticce albce margini- 
bus latis nigro-fuscis . 
Male. Blackish brown. Head luteous behind and beneath. 
Proboscis tawny. Lobes of the prothorax and scutellum with 
luteous borders. Thorax with four whitish stripes. Pectus luteous 
on each side. Abdomen with white bands; tip luteous. Legs 
partly white. Fore wings with two broad abbreviated white bands, 
which .are composed of oblong spots; first band with two spots; 
second with five spots, of which the fore one is lanceolate and 
curved, the second and the fifth are smaller than the third and the 
fourth, and the third is smaller than the fourth. Hind wings white, 
with broad blackish brown borders. Length of the body 6^ lines; 
of the wings 19 lines. 
a. New Hebrides? Presented by the Admiralty. Voyage of 
H.M.S. Herald. Collected by Mr. Macgillivray. 
Nyctemera obtusa. 
Mas. Obscure fusca ; caput albidum, fusco bimaculatum ; thorax 
albido quadrivittatus ; pectus et pedes alba ; abdomen albo 
fasciatum, subtus album apice luteum ; alee antica vitta pos- 
tica basali fasciaque lata albis , posticce albce fusco marginal. 
Male . Dark brown. Head whitish, with a brown spot in 
front and another behind the antennae. Proboscis tawny. Palpi 
brown, pale at the base. Antennae black. Lobes of the prothorax 
with whitish borders. Thorax with four whitish stripes. Pectus 
and legs white. Abdomen with white bands ; under side white, 
luteous at the tip. Fore w'ings with a broad white band, which is 
convex on the outer side, and is united hindward to a white stripe, 
which proceeds from the base of the wing. Hind wings white, with 
broad brown borders. Length of the body 5 — 6 lines ; of the wings 
16 — 18 lines. 
