92 CATALOGUE OF 



4. Cratoptera Celtillusaria. 



Fcem. Flava ; caput antice ferrugineum ; palporum articulus 

 Sus brevissimus ; antennae sat robustce ; alee nigro subcon* 

 spersa?, linea recta obliqua pallide ochracea, fimbria saturate 

 ochracea; antiea? apice subproducta, subtus luteal linea nigri- 

 cante fasciaque rufescente ornata, casta subconvexa cervina 

 albido notata fusco unimaculata ; posticce subtus ochracece. 



Female. Yellow, much brighter beneath. Head in front aud 

 palpi towards their tips ferruginous ; third joint of the latter less 

 than one-fourth of the length of the second. Antennae rather stout, 

 quite bare. Wings ample, thinly and minutely speckled with 

 black ; a pale ochraceous straight oblique line ; fringe deeper 

 ochraceous. Fore wings with the tips somewhat prolonged ; costa 

 slightly convex, fawn-coloured, whitish-marked, with a brown spot 

 beyond three-fourths of the length ; under side luteous, largely- 

 speckled ; line blackish, traversing a reddish band. Hind wings 

 ochraceous beneath, with the line and the band almost obsolete. 

 Length of the body 6 lines ; of the wings 18 lines. 



a. Nanta, Amazon Eegion. From M. Degand's collection. 



Genus 4. GYNOPTEBYX. 



Corpus vix robustum. Frons declivis, subproductus, albus. 

 Palpi ascendentes, arcuati; articulus 2us latus; 3us minimus. 

 Antenna? maris laminis validis subspatulatis ciliatis. Tibia? pos- 

 ticae incrassata?, fusiformes. Ala? integrae ; antica? apice quadratae 

 (mas) aut falcatae (fcem.), macula apicali lunata; posticae angulo 

 interiore producto aut quadrato. 



Gynopteryx, Guen. Phal. i. 78. 



Body hardly stout. Front declining, white, obtusely promi- 

 nent beneath. Palpi ascending, curved; second joint broad ; third 

 very small. Hind tibiae incrassated, fusiform. Wings entire, 

 generally yellow. Fore wings with a semicircular apical spot. 

 Hind wings with the interior angle prominent or quadrate. Male. 

 — Antenna? with stout slightly spatulate laminae, each of which 

 is furnished with a bristle. Fore wings quadrate at the tips ; exte- 

 rior border rounded or slightly bent Female. — Fore wings falcate 

 and very acute at the tips ; exterior border often bent or angular. 



