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Family Hypeuidae. 



Subfamily Deltoidin^. 



■ Bertula nigra, nov. 



J $ . Palpi ot" male long, covered with dense pile as in 

 B. alpheusaUs, Walker; the coloration of the palpi (except 

 for a few })ale hairs), body, and wings is a uniform blackish 

 brown, dark, nearly black ; the hind wings are slightly paler, 

 there is a faint dot at end of cell of fore wings, and indica- 

 tions of two transverse central lines, rather prominent in some 

 of the females and somewhat of the sliajjc of the prominent 

 central band of B. alp/ieusalis. On the underside the tarsi 

 are banded with ochreous, and on the hind wings there is a 

 brown cell-spot and some discal brown thin bands. 



Expanse of wings 1/j inch. 



Pulo Lanl {J)»herti/) ; Sandakan. 



Tyi)es in B. M. 



There are three males and five females from Pulo Laut 

 and one male from Sandakan. 



Bertula invenusta, iiov. 



^ . Of the same section of the genus as the preceding 

 species; of a uniform dull brown colour, the long hairs at 

 the end of the ]>alpi pale ochieous: fore wings clouded in 

 parts with small patches of dark brown ; a pale dot in middle 

 of cell, a lunuleat the end, and two sinuous pale bands, discal 

 and submarginal ; there are also indications on the costa of 

 some inner bands impossible to trace : hind wings with a 

 faint indication of a pale medial band ; marginal border of 

 both wings with black lunules and a pale antecilial line. 

 Underside ochreous brown, paler than above; a brown 

 lunular mark at end of each cell ; discal brown crenulated 

 line and submarginal pale similar line across both wings. 



Expanse of wings 17^(7 inch. 



►Sumatra [Lamhrecht). 



Genus Pancra, nov. 



^ . Palpi porrect, second joint long, with stiff hairs 

 beneath, third joint half as long as second and quite smooth ; 

 anteunic bipectinate, with short bristles : fore wings long and 

 narrow; costa straight, apex acute; outer margin rounded, 

 hinder margin straight till near the base, where it is concave ; 

 cell short, vein 2 from middle of cell, 3, 4, and 5 from lower 

 end, 6 and 7 from upper end, 8, 9, and 10 stalked, 11 and 12 



