466 CATALOGUE OF 



sublatesccns ; femora folia ceo spinosa ; alee anticte breves, apice trun- 

 cala>, m'iciila gnttaque poslicis diaphanis, costa recta apicem versus 

 bis incisa ; alee postica breviores, albido ochracece, apice attenuates et 

 acutce. 



Male. Ferruginous, rather slender. Head hardly tuberculate. 

 Antennae very long, slender except at the base. Disk of the prolhorax flat, 

 tuberculate, widening slightly hindward. Legs stout ; femora with folia- 

 ceous spines beneath; four anterior tibiae dilated; hind tibiae long, dilated 

 near the base. Wings short, broad. Fore wings reticulated, longer by two 

 lines and a half than the hind wings; a pellucid spot and a pellucid dot in 

 the disk near the interior border; space in front of the scapular vein 

 narrower than that behind it; primary veins few; costa angular as usual 

 near the base, straight from iheuce to near the tip, where it is twice 

 notched, the first excavation very deep ; apical part truncated ; interior 

 border nearly straight; tympanum of the right wing pellucid. Hind wings 

 whitish ochraceous, attenuated and acute at the tips ; veins tawny ; areolets 

 most numerous along the exterior border. Lengih of the body 8 lines; 

 expansion of the fore wings 17 lines. 



a. Ega. From Mr. Bales' collection. 



6. TYPOPHYLLUM MORTUIFOLIA. 



Foem. Cervina ; caput subproductum ; prothoracis discus planus, sub- 

 liliter tuberculatus, poslice latescens ; oviduclus abdomine paullo 

 brevior, apicem versus serratus ; femora anlica subtus quadridentata ; 

 al< anticee latissimce, macula anlica diaphana, costa inordinatim 

 rotundata, margine exteriors undulato excavalo, margine interiore 

 recto ; al<e postica albidte, breves, sal anyustce. 



Female. Fawn-colour or dead-leaf-colour. Head slightly elongate. 

 Eyes small, round, slightly prominent. Disk of the protl orax flat, finely 

 tuberculate, widening hiudward ; two transverse slightly impressed lines; 

 lateral keels strongly marked. Oviduct curved, a little shorter than the 

 abdomen, serrated above and beneath towards the tip, which is piceous. 

 Fore femora with four teeth which successively increase in size, the first 

 rudimentary, the fourth very broad. Fore wings very broad, with a vitreous 

 spot in the fore half beyond the middle; fore half or space in front of the 

 scapular vein much broader than the hind half; costa very much rounded ; 

 exterior border excavated and undulating; interior border straight; two 

 discoidal and about twelve marginal areoleis in front of the scapular vein ; 

 one small discoidal and about twelve marginal areolets behind that vein. 

 Hind wings whitish, much shorter and narrower than the fore wings. 

 Lengih of the body 10 lines; expansion of the fore wings 36 lines. 



a. Upper Amazon Region. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



