1540 CATALOGUE OF 



third joint extremely small. Antenns? very broadly pectinated to 

 rather beyond three-fourths of the length. Abdomen not ex- 

 tending beyond the hind wings; apical tuft elongate. Legs stout; 

 tibia? and tarsi with black bands. Wings irregularly ferruginous- 

 speckled ; a ferruginous slightly postmedial line, which is incomplete 

 in the hind wings; a black point in the disk; under side with a 

 postmedial line of blackish points. Fore wings subfalcale, acute, 

 mostly ferruginous along the costa ; a ferruginous antemedial line, 

 which joins the interior border very near the base of the latter; 

 exterior border hardly convex, moderately oblique. Hind wings 

 with the exterior border acutely dentate in the middle. Length of 

 the body 7 lines ; of the wings 21 lines. 



Aru. In Mr. Saunders' collection. 



Lagyra coeticata. 



Mas. Ferrugineo-fusca ; palpi nigri, brevissimi, oblique ascend- 

 entes ; antennce latissime pectinatce, apice nudes; alee nigro- 

 conspersee, rufescente variee, lineis duabus nigris angulosis ; 

 anticee falcatce, apice rotunda tee ; postiece margine exteriore 

 subangulato. 



Male. Ferruginous-brown, dull reddish beneath. Palpi black, 

 obliquely ascending, very short; third joint extremely small. An- 

 tennae very broadly pectinated, except at the tips. Abdomen not 

 extending beyond the hind wings; apical tuft small. Legs short. 

 Wings ample, black-speckled, partly dull reddish along the interior 

 border ; two black oblique zigzag lines. Fore wings falcate, rounded 

 at the tips; two dull reddish patches; one extending from the costa 

 to the disk near the tip, the other on the hind part of the exterior 

 border. Hind wings with the exterior border slightly angular in 

 the middle. Length of the body 9 lines ; of the wings 27 lines. 



Tond. In Mr. Saunders' collection. 



Lagyra afflictaria. 



Mas et fcem. Cinerea, fusco confer tissime conspersa ; palpi por- 

 recti, sat graciles, caput vix superantes, articulo So minimo ; 

 antenna maris late pectinatee, apice nudee ; alee longcc^fasciis 

 duabus latis fuseis, la postmedia, 2a marginali ; anticee sub- 

 falcatce, plaga alba costali aut subcostali. 



Male and female. Cinereous, very thickly brown-speckled. 

 Palpi porrect, rather slender, hardly extending beyond the head ; 



