t its precise
situation seems to be uncertain. _Female._ Body hardly stout. Proboscis
short. Palpi rather long and slender, not pilose, obliquely ascending,
rising a little higher than the vertex; third joint elongate-conical,
less than half the length of the second. Antennae stout, bare, slightly
compressed, little longer than the thorax; joints few. Abdomen conical,
not extending beyond the hind wings. Legs squamous, smooth, rather short
and slender; spurs long. Wings rather broad, not long; fore wings
straight along the costa, slightly rounded at the tips; exterior border
hardly convex, very slightly oblique.

19. DARABITTA STRIGICOSTA, n. s. _Foem._ Rufa, vix cinerascens; alis
anticis linea submarginali e punctis nigris, lineolis tribus costalibus
obliquis albis, prima angulata, secunda tertiaque connexis.

_Female._ Red, with a slight cinereous tinge, more cinereous beneath.
Antennae pale. Fore wings with three white oblique costal streaks; first
streak forming an outward angle; second connected in the disk with the
third, which is oblique in the contrary direction; a row of submarginal
black points. Length of the body 3 lines; of the wings 8 lines.

Fam. LIMACODIDAE, _Duponchel_.

Gen. MIRESA, _Walk._

20. MIRESA CURVIFERA, n. s. _Mas._ Rufa, crassa, brevis; antennis late
pectinatis; alis anticis linea exteriore arcuata nivea, spatio contiguo
exteriore obscuriore.

_Male._ Red, thick, short. Palpi porrect, extending a little beyond the
head. Antennae shorter than the thorax, broadly pectinated except towards
the tips. Abdomen short, obtuse, not extending beyond the hind wings.
Legs short. Wings not broad. Fore wings straight along the costa,
rounded at the tips, darker on the exterior side of a curved transverse
bright white line, which is somewhat beyond the middle; exterior border
rather oblique. Hind wings a little paler than the fore wings. Length of
the body 4-1/2 lines; of the wings 12 lines.

Fam. SATURNIIDAE, _Walk._

Gen. ATTACUS, _Linn._

21. ATTACUS ATLAS, _Linn. Syst. Nat._ 808.

Inhabits also Hindostan, Ceylon, China, and Borneo.

Fam. BOMBYCIDAE.

Gen. BOMBYX, _Linn._

22. BOMBYX SUBNOTATA. _Mas._ Ferruginea, crassa; antennis late
pectinatis; abdominis apice laminis lateralibus fimbriatis; alis anticis
margine exteriore subundulato subexciso, macula subtus costali
subapicali flava.

_Male._ Ferruginous, thick, pilose. Mouth obsolete. Antennae broadly
pectinated. Abdomen much