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nearly rectangular at the tips, exterior margin slightly convex ; cell extending one- 

 half the length ; first subcostal emitted at one-half before end of the cell, second 

 trifid, fifth from end of the cell ; discocellular slender, radials from close to the 

 ends ; middle median close to end of cell, lower at one-half before the end ; sub- 

 median recurred : hindwing convex extei^nally ; cell two-fifths the length ; two 

 subcostals on a footstalk beyond the cell ; discocellular slender, radial from lower 

 end ; two upper medians on a footstalk beyond the cell, lower at one-third before 

 the end ; submedian and internal vein sti'aight. Body moderately stout ; palpi erect, 

 long, compressed, laxly squamose, second and third joint slightly tufted above ; 

 third joint linear, of the same length as second ; maxillary palpi well developed, 

 lanceolate ; antennas pectinated to the end on the under side, the branches longest 

 in the middle, the shaft incrassated before the middle and with rather long tufts from 

 the base and minute tufts along the middle on the upper side, and fine short lashes 

 thence to the tip ; fore femora and tibifB short, stout, tufted, middle and hindlegs 

 bare, rather long and slender, spurs long. 



ADRAPSA ABLUALIS. 



Adrapsa abhiaUs, Walker, CaUl. Lep. Het. B. M. xvi. p. 170 (1858). 



Male. Cinereous-brown. Wings with the usual three Hues ; interior and discal 

 lines straight, oblique ; interior line dark brown ; discal line whitish ; submarginal 

 line denticulated, whitish, indistinct, incomplete. Forewing with a clustre of whitish 

 scales below the apex, and a dark brown reniform mark containing a white dot. Tip 

 of palpi, and tarsi with pale bands. 

 Expanse 1 inch. 



Genus CATADA. 

 C^itada, Walker, Catal Lep. Het. B. M. xvi. p. 20'J (1858). 



Forewing moderately broad, acutely rectangular at the tips, exterior margin 

 slightly oblique, somewhat angular in the middle ; cell extending to more than half the 

 length ; first subcostal emitted at one-third before end of the cell, second at one-sixth, 

 trifid, third from vei'y close to base of second, fourth at two-thirds from base of 

 third, fifth from end of cell and touching third close to its base ; discocellular slender, 

 slightly bent near each end, radials from the angles ; middle median from angle close 

 to end of cell, lower at two-fifths before the end ; submedian much curved from the 

 base : hindwing short, exterior margin somewhat angular in the middle ; slightly 

 denticulated ; cell half the length ; two subcostals from end of cell ; discocellular 

 slightly concave, radial from its middle ; two upper medians from end of cell, lower 

 at one-third ; submedian and internal vein straight. Body rather stout ; abdomen 

 smooth; palpi long, curved upward, second joint pyriform, clothed with thickset 



