in the Collection of W. W. Saunders, Esq. 91 



Genus AzAMORA. 

 Azarnora, Cat. Lep. Het., 3rd Ser. 1757. 



Aznmora haslplaga. 



Mas. — Rufescente cervina, fasciculo frontali conspicuo, palpis 

 nigricante fuscis, tibiis posterioribus dense fimbriatis, alls 

 anticis spatio intermedio pallidioie, lineis duabus transversis 

 albis, 2a arcuata, alis posticis cinereo-fuscis. 



Male. — Reddish-fawn colour, cinereous brown beneath. Frontal 

 tuft prominent, acute. Palpi blackish-brown, obliquely ascending, 

 hardly rising higher than the vertex ; 3rd joint conical, about one- 

 sixth of the length of the 2nd. Antennae simple. Posterior tibiae 

 densely fringed. Wings rather broad. Fore-wings rectangular, 

 paler at the base ; costa dilated towards the base, slightly concave 

 in the middle ; two transverse white lines including between them 

 nearly half the surface of the wings; this space is paler than the 

 rest of the surface and especially so towards the interior line, which 

 is curved. Hind-wings cinereous brown. 



Length of the body 5 lines; of the wings 14 lines. 



Amazon Region. 



Fam. ANTHOPHILID^, Dup. 



Genus Hydrelia, Guen. 



Hydrelia 1 curvifera, 



Fcem. — Ferrugineo-fusca,subtus albida, capite antico thoracisque 

 lateribus anticis albis, palpis porrectis securiformibus, tibiis 

 posticis fimbriatis, alis anticis subfalcatis, vittis duabus (una 

 subcostali, altera discali arcuata) connexis fasciaque marginali 

 guttas fuscas includente albidis, alis posticis cinereo-fuscis. 



FewaZe.— Coffee-brown, whitish beneath. Head white in front. 

 Palpi porrect, short, securiform, extending a little beyond the head, 

 Antennae short, smooth. Thorax white on each side. Abdomen 

 not extending beyond the hind-wings. Hind-tibise fringed ; spurs 

 long. Fore-wings subfalcate, with a whitish marginal band, which 

 contains the brown marginal dots ; a whitish short curved stripe 

 in the disk, forming a loop with the whitish sub-costal stripe, 

 which is interrupted and irregular exteriorly ; the inclosed space 

 blackish streaked. Hind-wings cinereous-brown. 



Length of the body 3 lines ; of the wings 7 lin^s, 



Ceylon. 



