884 CATALOGUE OF 



Male. Testaceous, rather slender. Head and thorax ferrugi- 

 nous ; the former white ahout the eyes, with an acute frontal tuft. 

 Palpi ferruginous, long, obliquely ascending; second joint broad, 

 shortly and closely fringed; third bare, linear, very slender, as long 

 as the second. Antennae setose. Abdomen extending very little 

 beyond the hind wings. Legs smooth, rather stout; fore femora 

 and fore tibiae fringed with blackish cinereous hairs. Wings alike 

 in colour ; interior, middle and exterior lines blackish, indistinct, 

 dentated ; submarginal points and marginal festoon blackish. Fore 

 wings very acute, much longer than the hind wings, with white 

 costal subapical points ; orbicular and reniform marks annuliform, 

 the former large, the latter very large ; exterior border slightly con- 

 vex, very oblique. Hind wings with the exterior border slightly 

 bent ; a blackish and whitish mark by the interior border. Length 

 of the body 6 lines ; of the wings 14 lines. 



a. Ega. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



Megatomis Lackatesalis. 



Mas. Oehracea, robusta, antice ferruginea ; palpi longissimv 

 usque ad thoracem posticvm rejlexi, articulo 2o valde arcuato, 

 So recto ; antennce pubescentes, apud medium incrassatce et 

 fasciculaUe, apices versus convolutce ; abdomen alas posticas 

 perparum superans ; tibice anticce dense fasciculate ; inter- 

 mediae subfasciculatce ; alee latiuscula?, fasciis tribus obliquis 

 fuscis pallido marqinatis, la undulata, 2a recta, Sa denticu- 

 lata ; antica subfalcatce, orbiculari et reniformi flavis, mar- 

 gine exteriore subfiexo. Fcem. — Palpi ascendentes y angulati, 

 non rejlexi, articulo So nudo gracillimo ; antennce simplices. 



Male. Ochraceous, stout. Head and thorax ferruginous. 

 Palpi very long, reflexed over the head to the hind border of the 

 thorax, on which they rest; second joint very much curved ; third 

 straight, about as long as the second. Antennae pubescent, 

 straight to the middle, where they are incrassated and tufted, con- 

 voluted from thence to the tips. Abdomen extending very little 

 beyond the hind wings. Legs smooth, slender; fore tibiae densely 

 tufted ; middle tibiae slightly tufted. Wings rather broad, with 

 three oblique brown pale-bordered lines ; interior line undulating ; 

 exterior line straight; submarginal line denticulated; marginal 

 festoon blackish ; exterior border slightly scalloped. Fore wings 

 subfalcate ; orbicular and reniform marks yellow, rather small ; ex- 



