1768 CATALOGUE OF 



there is another equally minute; both occasionally obsolete. Length 

 of the body 4 lines ; of the wings 9 lines. 



Ceylon. In Mr. Layard's collection. 



Genus ERTZICA. 



Fcem. Corpus crassum. Proboscis nulla. Palpi norrecti, 

 fimbriati. Palpi labiales capitis latitu dine m til to 1 ; articulm 



3us laneeolatus. Antennae subpub Abdoraei 



fere dimidio superans. Pedes longi, robusti, e i calcaria 



longa, valida. Ala.* longae, acuta?, subtus 



falcatse, costa perparum conrexa, margiue exieriore convexo; pos- 

 ticus margine interiore piloso. 



Female. Body very stout. Probosc 1 and 



maxillary palpi porrect, with a long dense : 



Labial palpi very much longer than tb< ad : third 



joint lanceolate. Antennae very roiuutelj L Abdomen 



extending for nearly half iis length beyond the bind wings, 

 long, StOUt, squamous J spur* long and stout Win 

 moderately bmad, densely pilose beneath at the bast 

 the veins much like that of Cram hardly fait 



costa very slightly convex; exterior boi 



oblique. Hind wings with the interior 1 order densely pilose; inte- 

 rior angle much rounded. 



EbTZIOA mammilla. 



Fccm. Cervina % nigro com] rsa ; abdorm n supra chalybao-ftucwm ; 

 alcB anticaguttis duabi s nigri^ tinea exteriore fuse* ; 

 diffusa interrupta apud costam retracta, punctis manjinalibus 

 nigris elongatis ; postica fut 



Female. Fawn -colour, minutely black-speckled. Fore legs - 

 black-striped. Abdomen brown above, with a slight chalyl 

 tinge. Fore wings with two black dots in tbe disk, the outer one 

 larger than the other; a diffuse interrupted oblique postmedia] 



brown line, which is retracted towards tbe costa; marginal points 

 black, transversely elongated, larger beneath ; under side brown. 

 Hind wings brown ; fringe fawn-colour, interlined with brown. 

 Length of tbe body 16 lines; of the wings 38 lines. 



a. Java. Presented by the Secretary of the India Board. 



