878 CATALOGUE OF 



Genus CERYNEA. 



Mas. Corpus gracile. Proboscis brevis. Palpi breves, valde 

 deviag ; articulus 2us pilis squamosis dense vestitus ; 3us conicus, 

 parvus. Antennae subpubescentes. Abdomen alas posticas supe- 

 rans. Alae anticae acutae, margine exteriore subconvexo. 



Male. Body slender. Proboscis sbort. Palpi short, much 

 diverging ; second joint densely clothed with short squamous hairs ; 

 third conical, minute. Antennae very minutely pubescent. Abdo- 

 men extending a little beyond the hind wings. Wings moderately 

 broad. Fore wings acute; exterior border slightly convex, mode- 

 rately oblique. 



This genus, of which C. Omphisalis is the type, may be at once 

 distinguished by the peculiar structure of the palpi. 



1. Cerynea Omphisalis. 



Mas. Pallide testaceo-cinerea ; palpi nigricante-fusci ; thorax 

 squamosus ; alee rufo nigroque subcompersa, punctis submar- 

 ginalibus nigris ; anticce acutce, lineis exteriore et submar- 

 ginali albidis indistinctis, hac undulata, striga apicali nigri- 

 cante obliqua informi, reniformi e punctis duobus nigris ; pos- 

 ticce fascia lata dentata albida. 



Male. Pale cinereous, with a slight testaceous tinge above, 

 darker beneath. Palpi blackish brown, diverging almost directly 

 from the head. Thorax squamous. Wings slightly and minutely 

 speckled with red and with black; submarginal points black. Fore 

 wings acute; exterior and submarginal lines whitish, indistinct; 

 the latter undulating, interrupted by a blackish diffuse irregular 

 streak, which extends from the tip of the wing to the exterior line ; 

 reniform mark indicated by two black points. Hind wings with a 

 broad dentate whitish band. Length of the body 4 lines ; of the 

 wings 10 lines. 

 Sarawak, Borneo. In Mr. Saunders' collection. 



2. Cerynea Laueellalis. 



Mas. Cinereo-fusca, gracilis ; palpi subascendentes, non longa, 

 dense fasciculatce, quasi capitata ; antennae pubescentes ; ab- 

 domen alas posticas non super ans ; femora subfimbriatce ; pedes 



