164 CATALOGUE OP 



Genus 4. MARTHULA. 



Mas. Corpus vix robustum. Proboscis mediocriter longa. 

 Palpi validi, pilosi, appressi, oblique ascendentes ; articulus 3us 

 minimus. Antennse crenulatse, corporis dimidio longiores. Abdo- 

 men alas posdcas dimidio superans, fasciculo apicali angulato. 

 Pedes graciles, vix pilosi ; tibiae posticae calcaribus quatuor longis- 

 simis. Alse sat angustae ; anticse apud costam rectee, apice rectan- 

 gulatse, margine exteriore antico non obliquo. 



Male. Somewhat resembling Nonagria. Body hardly stout. 

 Proboscis moderately long. Palpi stout, pilose, obliquely ascend- 

 ing, applied to the head; third joint extremely minute. Antennae 

 crenulate, rather more than half the length of the body. Abdomen 

 extending for about half its length beyond the hind wings, with an 

 angular fan-shaped apical tuft. Legs slender, hardly pilose ; hind 

 tibiae with four very long spurs. Wings rather narrow. Fore 

 wings straight in front, rectangular at the tips, not oblique along 

 the fore half of the exterior border ; three inferior veins ; first and 

 second nearly contiguous, fourth moderately remote. 



1. Maethula quadeata. 



Mas. Rufo-cervina, alcB anlicce lineis nonnullis transversis palli- 

 dioribus ohliquis subundulatis, guttisque apud marginem ex- 

 teriorem nigris ; posticcB albidce, marginibus fuscescentibus. 



Male. Reddish fawn-colour. Fore wings with some paler 

 oblique slightly undulating transverse lines, and with a row of 

 black dots near the exterior border. Hind wings whitish, with 

 brownish borders. Abdomen whitish beneath, except towards the 

 tip. Posterior tibiae and tarsi mostly whitish. Length of the body 

 8 lines ; of the wings 14 lines. 

 a. Para. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



Subfam. 2. XYLOPHASIDES. 

 Xylophasides, Guen. Noct. i. 131. 



A. Proboscis brevissima. - - - 1. Scolicocampa, Guen. 



B. Proboscis brevis. 



J. Corpus sat gracile. - - - 2. Achatodes, 6^u^n. 



B. Corpus vix robustum. - - - 9. Laphygma, Guen. 



