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C. Thorax and abdomen crested, 



D. Hindwings with 6 and 7 stalked ?7. Sterictopsis. 



DD. Hindwhigs with 6 and 7 separate. 



E. Antennte of S' ciliate 38. Rhuma. 



EE. Antenna; in ^ pectinate , 39. Helxomystis. 



CC. Thorax and abdomen not crested 40. Protophyta. 



Gen. 1. i> E R T A . 

 Berta, Wlk., Cat. Brit. Mus. xxvi. p. 1621. 



Face smooth. Tongue well-developed. Pal|)i slender, por- 

 rect, moderate in ^, rather long in Q; second and terminal 

 joints smooth-scaled; terminal joint in ^ J, in ^ |-. Antennae 

 in ^ pectinated, apices simple; in ^ simple. Thorax and 

 ahdomen not crested; thorax not hairj' beneath. Posterior tibise 

 with all spurs present; in ^ dilated with along tuft of hairs 

 lying in a groove on inner surface, terminal spurs shortened, and 

 a short stout terminal process. Hindwings elongate, t rmen 

 dentate with a strong projection on vein 4; a strong rounded 

 costal expansion at base; frenulum and retinaculum obsolete in 

 both sexes. Forewings with 3 and 4 connate or slightly 

 separate, 6 connate, 11 stalked with 7, 8, 9, 10 beyond 6 

 and anastomosing with 12; discocellulars separate on vein 5, 

 dorsal arising posteriorly to costal. Hindwings with 3 and 4 

 stalked, 6 and 7 stalked, 8 approximated to cell near base and 

 rapidly diverghig; discocellulars moderately oblique, slightly 

 angled or nearly straight on vein 5, costal edge of cell con- 

 siderably over f. 



Differing from Comostola only in the shape of the hindwings. 

 Type, Berta chrysolineata Wlk. 



1. Bekta chrysolineata. 



Berta chrysolineata Wlk., Cat. Brit. Mus. xxvi. p. 1621; Moore, 

 Lep. Ceyl. iii. p. 435, PI. 196, f.4; Hmps , Moths Ind. iii. p. 516. 



Euchloris leucospilota Turn., Trans. Roy. Sue. S. Austr. 1904, 

 p. 221. 



N.A.: Port Darwin, 1, 12. — N.Q.: Kuranda, 3, 4. Also from 

 Ceylon and India. 



