in the Collection of W. W. Saunders, Esq. 83 



acutae, margine exteriore perobliquo ; posticae rotundatae, ab- 

 domen paiillo superantes. 



Male. — Body stout. Proboscis obsolete. Palpi porrect, broad, 

 compressed, obtuse at the tips, extending very little beyond the 

 front. Antennae broadly pectinated. Thorax thickly clothed. 

 Abdomen linear. Legs short, pilose. Wings elongate, ample. 

 Fore-wings somewhat acute ; costa hardly convex ; exterior 

 border slightly convex, very oblique. Hind-wings rounded, 

 extending a little beyond the abdomen. 



Athrula saturnioides. 



Mas. — Rufescente fulva, alarum fascia lata lutea marginal! 

 albido-marginatd, alls anticis linea interiore albida flexd, gutta 

 discali ferruginea, linea exteriore antice flexd. 



Mole. — Reddish-tawny, witli a cinereous tinge beneath. Wings 

 with an indistinct exterior reddish line, and a broad luteous mar- 

 ginal band, which is bordered with whitish, except towards the costa 

 of the fore-wings, where it is reddish ; fringe cinereous, interlined 

 with brown. Fore-wings with an interior bent whitish line, and 

 with a ferruginous discal dot ; exterior line bent, and diverging 

 in front from the marginal band. 



Length of the body 4| lines ; of the wings 14 lines. 



Brazil. 



Fam. DREPANULID^. 



Genus Apha. 

 4pha, Cat. Lep. Het. 1st Ser. p. 1180. 

 Apha 1 lanuginosa. 

 Mas. — Cinereo-cervina, palpis thorace pectore pedibusque dense 

 pilosis, antennis latissime pectinatis, alis latis quadrilineatis 

 dense vestitis, anticis subfalcatis. 

 Male. — Cinereous fawn-colour. Palpi, thorax, pectus and legs 

 densely pilose. Antennae very broadly pectinated. Wings broad, 

 densely clothed, with four indistinct, parallel, lunulate, slightly 

 darker lines. Fore-wings sub-falcate, with a straight, blackish, 

 double, oblique, very distinct exterior line, which is diffusedly 

 bordered with pale cinereous on its outer side. Hind-wings with 

 a single brown less distinct line, which has blackish points along 

 its outer side. 



Length of the body 8 lines ; of the wings SI lines. 

 Silhet. 



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