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short. Antennae thickly and minutely ciliated. Hind-legs long, 

 stout; spurs moderately long. Wings very thinly and minutily 

 brown-speckled ; marginal line brown ; fringe long, whitish. Fore- 

 wings with two whitish oblique slightly undulating lines; the 1st 

 obsolete in front; space between them mostly pale brown; costa 

 straight; tips rounded, exterior border rather oblique. Hiiid- 

 wings with a brownish exterior denticulated line, which is obsolete 

 in front. 



Length of the body 4 lines ; of the wings 7 lines. 



Hindostan. 



Fam. EURHIPIDiE, Guen. 



Genus Penicillaria, Guen. 



Penicillaria Areusa. 



Mas. — Cinereo-rufescens, subtus lutescens, palpis crassis deiisfe 

 pilosis, antennisvix pubescentibus, alis anticis nebulosis albo- 

 tinctis basi viridibus, lineis tribus nigris dentatis, duahus 

 duplicatis, lined submarginali angulosa indistincta, orbicular! 

 et reniformi magnis albis, alis posticis lutescentibus fusco 

 late marginatis. 



Male. — Cinereous-reddish, somewhat luteous beneath. Palpi 

 thick, obliquely ascending, densely pilose; 3rd joint conical, about 

 one-fourth of the length of the 2nd, Antennae stout, hardly 

 pubescent. Fore-wings clouded, grass-green at the base, here 

 and there tinged with white ; interior, middle and exterior lines 

 black, dentate, the first and the last double; sub-marginal line 

 zigzag, indistinct, interrupted in front by two black streaks ; mar- 

 ginal lunules black ; fringe denticulated ; orbicular and reniform 

 marks white, large, distinct, the latter narrow in front. Hind- 

 wings dull pale luteous, with a broad brown border, which in- 

 cludes a pale dentate sub-marginal line ; interior border whitish, 

 with oblique black marks. 



Length of the body 6 lines; of the wings 12 lines.- 



Amazon Region. 



Genus Erysthia, n. g. 



Fcem. — Corpus sat validum. Proboscis longa, gracilis. Palpi 

 porrecti, graciles, brevissimi, articulo 3o acuto minimo. An- 

 tennae graciles, simplices, longiusculae. Abdomen alas posticas 

 vix superans. Pedes breves, graciles ; tibiae posticae calcari- 

 bus quatuor longis. Alee anticae apice subrotundatae, margiile 

 exteriore convexo. 



