1570 CATALOG DE OF 



Genus EETHMA. 



Mas. Corpus sat robustum. Proboscis mediocris. Palpi Jeeves, 

 sat robusti, oblique ascendeutes, verticem uon superantes; articulus 

 3us conicus, minimus. Antenna? subpectinatae. Abdomen alas 

 posticas superans; fasciculus apicalis sat magnus. Pedes laeves; 

 tibiae posticae subincrassatae ; calcaria longa, gracilia. Alae anticae 

 latiusculae, acutae, margine exteriore vix arcuato. 



Male. Body moderately stout. Proboscis of tbe usual length. 

 Palpi smooth, rather stout, obliquely ascending, not rising higher 

 than the vertex ; third joint conical, not more than one-eighth of 

 the length of the second. Antennae slightly pectinated. Abdomen 

 extending somewhat beyond the hind wings; apical tuft rather 

 large. Legs smooth, moderately stout; hind tibiae slightly in- 

 crassated ; spurs long, slender. Wings rather broad. Fore wings 

 acute; exterior border hardly convex, moderately oblique. 



Rethma transcissakia. 



Mas. Rufescente-cervina ; aim anticcB tinea postmedia nigricante 

 recta latiuscula non obliqua, linea antemedia fusca tenui 

 angulosa, litura costali elongata nigricante ; postica fusca, 

 fimbria cervina. 

 Male. Reddish fawn-colour, reddish beneath. Body beneath 

 and legs cinereous. Fore wings with a straight rather broad blackish 

 line, which extends from three-fourths of the length of the costa to 

 five-sixths of the length of the interior border; a slender brown 

 antemedial zigzag line; a small elongated blackish costal mark 

 between the lines. Hind wings brown ; fringe fawn-colour. Length 

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

 a. Ega. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



Genus NACERASA. 



Fcem. Corpus vix robustum. Fasciculus frontalis subpro- 

 ductus. Proboscis brevis. Palpi breves, sat graciles, oblique 

 ascendentes, squamoso-fimbriati ; articulus 3us lanceolatus, 2i di- 

 midio non brevior. Antennae graciles, subpubescentes. Pedes 

 graciles, breviusculi. Alae anticae latae, falcatas, costa vix convexa, 

 margine exteriore subangulato. 



Female. Body moderately stout. Frontal tuft slightly pro- 

 minent. Proboscis short. Palpi rather slender, fringed with squa- 

 mous hairs beneath, obliquely ascending, not rising so high as the 



