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CATALOGUE OF 
tips, slightly oblique along the exterior border; inferior veins 
approximate. Male. — Antennae filiform, somewhat pilose above, 
attenuated at the tips, very much longer than the thorax. Female p 
— Antennae simple, setaceous, hardly longer than the thorax. 
1. Sagalassa robusta. 
Mas. Nigra. ; pectus album ; abdomen fascia subapicali alba ; 
pedes albo fasciati ; alee obscure purpurece , testaceo conspersce, 
posticce fascia subinterrupta alba. 
Male. Black. Antennae bluish black. Pectus white. Ab- 
domen with a white band near the tip. Legs with white bands. 
Wings dark purple. Fore wings with numerous testaceous flecks. 
Hind wings with a few testaceous flecks, and with a white almost 
interrupted band near the base. Length of the body 3^—4 lines; 
of the wings 8 — 9 lines. 
a, b. Para. From Mr. Bates’ collection. 
2. Sagalassa ? valida. 
Fcem. Cervina ; palpi , pectus, venter et pedes albida ; antennae 
nigree ; abdomen albo fasciatum ; alee purpureo-nigree, anticce 
albo conspersce cervino trifasciatce , posticce vitta interrupta 
ciliisque albis. 
Female Fawn-colour. Palpi, pectus, under side of the abdo- 
men and legs whitish. Antennae black. Abdomen with white 
bands. Wings purplish black. Fore wings thinly sprinkled with 
white ; a fawn-coloured basal band which is dilated in front, and 
two incomplete fawn-coloured snbapical bands. Hind wings with 
a white interrupted stripe in front, and with white ciliae. Length 
of the body 4 lines; of the wings 8 lines. 
a. Para. From Mr. Bates’ collection. 
The two following species recede much from the typical form, 
and may constitute one or two new genera. 
3. Sagalassa metallica. 
Fcem. Viridis ; palpi apice acuminati ; antennee sat validce ; 
abdomen alas posticas dimidio superans ; alee anticce subtus 
posticceque totce purpureo-cuprcce. 
Female . Dark metallic-green. Third joint of the palpi acu- 
minated. Antennae rather stout. Abdomen extending for half its 
