886 CATALOGUE OF 



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Palthis ? Orasiusalis. 



Mas. Pallide cinerea, valde robusta ; palpi graciles, pilosi, usque 

 ad thoracis discum reflexi, articulo 2o valde arcuato ; antenna 

 breves, validm, vix serrata; pectus pilosissimum ; abdomen 

 alas posticas sat superans, sexualibus maximis ; pedes breves, 

 validi ; alee antica- fusco subconspersce, apice rotundata?, ma- 

 culis paucis discalibus nigris. 



Male, Pale cinereous, very stout. Palpi slender, pilose, 

 recurved over the head to beyond the middle of the thorax ; third 

 joint much curved, longer than the second. Antennae short, stout, 

 hardly serrated. Abdomen extending rather far beyond the hind 

 wings ; apical appendages much developed. Pectus very pilose. 

 Legs short, stout. Wings moderately broad. Fore wings slightly 

 speckled with brown ; four or five discal black marks, formed 

 by contiguous black speckles ; tips rounded ; exterior border mode- 

 rately oblique. Length of the body 6 lines ; of the wings 13 lines. 



This species is associated with Palthis until more specimens 

 are obtained whereby its characters can be more satisfactorily 

 ascertained. 



a. Honduras. From Mr. Miller's collection. 



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 Bertula Thyrisalis. 

 d. Ceylon. Presented by E. Templeton, Esq. 



Bertula Mysalis. 



Foem. Fusca, robusta ; fasciculus frontalis porrectus ; palpi 

 longi, graciles, arcuati, compressi, subfimbriati, articulo 3o 

 lanceolato apice nudo ; thorax squamosus ; abdomen alas 

 posticas vix superans ; pedes glabri ; ala? lata, subpurpuras- 

 centes, fasciis duabus lads rectis obliquis diffusis cupreis ; 

 anticce vix subfalcata, lunula discali alba; posticce subtus 

 lunula discali alba. 



Female. Brown, robust, iridescent, cinereous beneath. Fron- 

 tal tuft prominent. Palpi long, curved, slender, compressed, 

 slightly fringed ; third joint lanceolate, very acute, bare at the tip, 



