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CATALOGUE OF 
7. SlMAETHIS DEPULSANA. 
Fcem. Cupreo-nigra ; corpus subtus album; palpi albi , graciles , 
lanceolati , sukarcuati , subascendentes , ajtn'ce nigricantes ; pedes 
albi , M^rro fasciati ; alee anticee apice rotunda tee, punctis sub - 
marginalibus purpureis, maculis quaiuor discalibus guttaque 
marginali albis ; posticce macula discali fasciaque submar- 
ginali abbreviata albis, fimbria albo bistrigata. 
Female. Cupreous-black. Body white beneath. Palpi white, 
smooth, slender, lanceolate, slightly curved and ascending ; third 
joint longer than the second, blackish towards the tip. Legs white, 
with black bands. Wiugs with brilliant metallic purple marks 
along the exterior border ; these marks are points in the fore wings, 
streaks in the hind wings. Fore wings rounded at the tips, with 
four white discal spots, the second and third forming an interrupted 
and abbreviated band ; a white apical dot on the fringe ; exterior 
border convex, slightly oblique. Hind wings with a white elongated 
discal spot and a white sub marginal band, the latter abbreviated in 
front ; fringe with two white oblique streaks. Length of the body 
2 lines ; of the wings 5 line's. 
a> b. Ega. From Mr. Bates’ collection. 
8. SlMAETHIS CONFLUXANA. 
Mas. Cupreo-nigra , subcinerascens ; corpus subtus album ; palpi 
porrecti; pedes albi , nigro fasciati ; alee lituris submarginali- 
bus cyaneis et purpureis , annulo discali oblongo transverso 
strigisque duabus posdeis albidis , macula exteriore alba ; 
posticce macula discali fasciaque submarginaii abbreviata albis , 
fimbria albo bistrigata . 
Male. Cupreous-black, tinged with cinereous, like £. depul - 
sana in structure. Body white beneath. Palpi white, porrect, not 
ascending. Antennae smooth, slender. Abdomen not extending 
beyond the hind wings ; apical tuft small. Legs white, with black 
bands. Wings with blue and purple submarginal marks, like those 
of S. depulsana. Fore wings with a whitish oblong transverse discal 
ringlet, and with two short whitish transverse streaks on the interior 
border ; a white spot in the exterior disk, corresponding to the fourth 
