44 LITirOSIADJS. 



Genus ZATREPHES. 



Type. 

 Zatrephes, Hiibn. Verz. p. 1 71 (1827) nitida. 



Proboscis well developed ; palpi upturned to near vertex of head and rather 

 thickly scaled ; antennae of male bipectinate with moderate branches, of female 

 with shorter branches ; tibia? fringed with hair, the tarsal joints with slight 

 tufts of hair. Fore wing with veins 3, 4 from angle of cell, or 3 from just 

 before angle ; 5 from above angle ; 6 from upper angle ; 7, 8. 9, 10 stalked, 

 7 from beyond 10 ; 11 from cell. Hind wing with vein 2 from towards angle of 

 -cell ; 3, 5 from angle, 4 coincident with 5 or abnormally given off just before 

 termen'; 6, 7 coincident or forking near termen ; 8 arising free then anastomosing 

 with cell. 



In key differs from Automolis in the hind wing having vein 8 anastomosing 

 with the cell before middle. 



ct. I. Fore wing with the termen produced to an angle at vein 5, then 

 excised. 



*1227 i. Zatrephes atrata. 



'Zatrephes atrata, Eoths. Nov. Zool. xvii. p. 187, pi. 14. f. 8 (1910). 



tS . Head, thorax, and abdomen greyish brown ; palpi in front, 

 pectus and base of legs pale yellow ; ventral surface of abdomen 

 yellowish white. Fore wing blackish brown, the basal and inner 

 areas somewhat paler ; traces of antemedial and medial dark lines ; 

 a hyaline patch beyond the cell between veins 6 and 3, attenuate 

 above and with its outer edge produced to a point below vein 5. 

 Hind wing uniform dark brown ; the underside grey-brown. 



Huh. Br. Guiana, R. Demerara, Christianberg, type f d in 

 Coll. Rothschild. Exp. 38 millim. 



*1227 i /'. Zatrephes miniata. 



Zatrephes miniata, Eoths. Nov. Zool. xvi. p. 32, pi. 5. f. 6 (1909). 



cS . Head and thorax greyish brown suffused with red; palpi 

 pale yellow in front, crimson behind; antenna' dark brown; pectus 

 and legs ochreous white, the tore tibiae fringed with crimson hair 

 on outer side; abdomen dark brown, the ventral surface white. 

 Fore wing red-brown suffused with fiery red, the costa and veins 

 brown; oblique antemedial and medial brown lines from below 

 COsta to inner margin, the latter with small brown spot before it in 

 upper part of cell; a patch of brown suffusion beyond the cell with 

 a fcridentate hyaline patch on it between veins (! and 3; the 

 terminal area with patches of slight reddish yellow irroration from 

 gosta to vein 1 and a minute mark below vein 3. Hind wing dark 

 reddish brown, the cilia whitish from vein 2 to tornus ; the 

 underside whitish tinged with brown. 



II, ih. Brazil, Up. Amazons, Fonte Boa (Klages), type f 6 in 

 Coll. Rothschild. Exp. t0 millim. 



