138 Catalogue of 



Genus 1. POLYTELA. 



Corpus sat validum. Proboscis breviuscula. Palpi breves, 

 validi, pilosi, porrecti, caput vix superantes; articulus 3us mini- 

 mus. Antennae setaceae, simplices, mediocres. Abdomen alas pos- 

 ticas perpaullo superans. Pedes validi ; tibice posticae calcaribus 

 quatuor longis. Alae mediocres ; anticas apud custam rectae, apice 

 rotundatae, margine exteriore raediocriter obliquo. 



Polytela, Guen. Noct. i. 113. 



Body moderately stout. Proboscis rather short. Palpi short, 

 stout, pilose, porrect, hardly extending beyond the head ; third joint 

 very minute. Antennag setaceous, moderately long and slender. 

 Abdomen extending very little beyond the hind wings. Legs stout ; 

 hind tibice with four long spurs. Wings moderately broad. Fore 

 wings straight in front, rounded at the tips, moderately oblique 

 along the exterior border. 



1. Polytela Glorios^. 



Cinereo-nigra ; caput apud antennas luteo higuttatum ; thorax an- 

 tice cganescens, postice luteo bimaculatus ; abdomen apice cro- 

 ceum ; alee anticce fasciis denticulatis atris, lineis transversis 

 undulatis guttisque luteo-testaceis, strigis coccineis^ maculis 

 duahus marginalibus testaceis ocellisque duabus discalibus ; 

 posticfE cinerece, luteo ciliatcB. 



Bombyx Gloriosae, Fabr, Sp. Ins. ii. 205, 150 ; Mant. Ins. ii. 133, 

 211 ; Ent. Syst. iii. 1, 484, 242. Oliv. Enc. Meth. v. 102, 

 266. 



Phalasna-Bombyx Gloriosse, Gmel. ed. Syst. Nat. i. 5, 2440, 578. 



Polytela Gloriosae, Guen. Noct. i. 113, 179. 



a, b. Canara. Presented by S. N. Ward, Esq. 

 c, d. Ceylon. Presented by R. Templeton, Esq. 

 e. Madras. Presented by W. Elliott, Esq. 

 /, g. North India. Presented by General Hearsay. 

 h. North India. Presented by E. Doubleday, Esq. 

 i. North Bengal. Presented by W. W. Saunders, Esq. 

 j,k. North India. From Mr. Stevens' collection. 

 /. ? From Mr. Milne's collection. 



