,854 CATALOGUE OF 



lanceolatus, gracilis, ascendens, 2i dirnidio vix longior. Antennae 

 graciles, breviuseulae, subpubescentes. Abdomen alas posticas vix 

 superans. Pedes glabri, vix robusti ; calcaria longissima. Ala3 

 anticae apice rectangulatae, costa perparum couvexa, margine exte- 

 riore sat obliquo. 



Male. Body rather stont. Proboscis distinct. Palpi long, 

 compressed ; second joint porrect, broad, pilose, longer than the 

 breadth of the head ; third lanceolate, slender, ascending, hardly 

 more than half the length of the second, with which it forms an ob- 

 tuse angle. Antennae slender, rather short, very minutely pubescent. 

 Abdomen hardly extending beyond the hind wings. Legs smooth, 

 hardly stout; spurs very long. Wings moderately broad. Foro 

 wings rectangular at the tips ; costa very slightly convex ; exterior 

 border rather oblique. 



L. Novatusalis is the type of this genus, which has much re- 

 semblance to Rivula, even in the colour and the markings of the 

 wings, but may be distinguished by the structure of the palpi. 



1. Lucerta Novatusalis. 



Mas. Testaceo-Jlava ; palpi extus apiceque fusci ; abdomen pal- 

 lide cinereum ; aloe anticce fusco snbconspersa, gutta basali 

 nigra, macula diseali nigra albo punctata, linea tenui recta 

 obliqua nigricante ; punctis marginalibus nigris ; posticce 

 albido-cinerece, linea marginali tenui pallide fusca. 



Male. Testaceous-yellow, cinereous beneath. Second joint of 

 the palpi brown on the outer side; third joint brown. Abdomen 

 pale cinereous. Fore wings slightly and minutely speckled or 

 tinged with brown, most so along the exterior border ; a black basal 

 dot and a black white-pointed discal spot, the latter near the inner 

 side of a slight straight oblique blackish line ; marginal points 

 black. Hind wings whitish-cinereous ; marginal line slender, pale 

 brown. Length of the body 4 lines ; of the wings 10 lines. 



a. Ceylon. Presented by R. Templeton, Esq. 



2. Luceria Opiliusalis. 



Fcem. Albido-cinerea, gracilis ; palpi longiusculi, angulati, nigri- 

 cante varii, articulo 2o porrecto lata fimbriate*, 3o lanceolato 

 gracili ascendente ; abdomen alas posticas paullo superans ; 

 alee sat angustce ; anticce fuscescente subconspersa, puncto 



