1836 CATALOGUE OF 



Geuus ANDUSIA. GeY 



Mas. Corpus robustum. Proboscis valida. Palpi glabri, 

 graciles, oblique ascendentes, capitis latitudine duplo longiores; 

 articulus 3us lanceolatus, gracilis, 2o paullo brevior. Antennae 

 robustae, glabrae, alis anticis non breviores. Abdomen alas posticas 

 dimidio superans ; fasciculus apical is parvus. Pedes robusti ; femora 

 tibiaeque postica subfimbriata ; calcaria longa, graciiia. Alae 

 anticae angustae, spissae, apice rotundatae, margine esteriore perob- 

 liquo. 



Male. Body stout. Proboscis robust. Palpi smooth, slender, 

 obliquely ascending, twice longer than the breadth of the head ; third 

 joint lanceolate, a little shorter and much more slender than the 

 second. Antennae stout, smooth, as long as the fore wings. Abdu- 

 men extending for half its length beyond the hind wings; apical 

 tuft small. Legs stout ; hind femora and hind tibia? slightly fringed ; 

 spurs long, slender. Wings narrow, densely clothed. Fore wings 

 rounded at the tips; exterior border curved, very oblique. 



This genus is nearly allied to Gtlechia, from which it especially 

 differs in the structure of the antennae. 



Andusta alternella. 



Mas. Ferrugineo-fusen, tubtUS aurato-ochrueea ; ala ochraceo fim- 

 briate ; anticcc strigis duabus basalibus ochraceis ; posticcc 

 vittis duabus ochraceis ramoiis. 



Male. Ferruginous-brown. Palpi ochraceous ; third joint 

 black. Antennae black. Pectus, abdomen beneath and legs gilded 

 ochraceous. Wings with an ochraceous fringe; under side mostly 

 ochraceous. Fore wings with two basal ochraceous streaks. Hind 

 wings with two abbreviated ochraceous stripes, one subcostal and 

 bifurcate, the other trifurcate. Length of the body 3 lines; of the 

 wings 8 lines. 



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



Genus CYPTASIA. Vp*^ 



Mas. Corpus plabrum, sat robustum. Proboscis gracilis, lon- 



giuscula. Palpi glabri, graciles, deflexi, capitis latitudine paullo 



breviores; articulus 3us lanceolatus, 2o paullo brevior. Antennae 



validae, subserralae. Abdomen alas posticas sat superans ; fasciculus 



