296 CATALOGUE OF 



Meticulodes Spongiata, Guen. PhaL i. 193, 294, pi. 19, f. 7. 

 Brazil. 



2. Meticulodes xylochromaria. 



Mas. Cervina ; thorax fusco subvarius ; alee punctis marginali- 

 bus nigris ; anticce nigra subconspersa, fusco ex parte strigatce, 

 vitta interrupta [subarcuata nigricante, linea exteriore nigra 

 subdenticulata valde arcuata ; posticce denticulatcc, linea fusca 

 subrecta. 



Male. Fawn-colour. Thorax slightly varied with brown. 

 Wings with black marginal points. Fore wings thinly and minutely 

 speckled with black, with transverse brown streaks near the base 

 and towards the exterior border; a slightly curved blackish inter- 

 rupted stripe commencing near the base of the interior border, and 

 extending to a much curved slightly denticulated black line, which 

 is dilated towards the interior border. Hind wings denticulated, 

 with a nearly straight brown line, which corresponds to the line of 

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



Brazil. In Mr. Saunders' collection. 



Genus 2. CERATONYX. 



Mas. Corpus vix robustum. Frons plana, glabra. Proboscis 

 et palpi subobsoleti. Antennae peetinatee, brevissimse. Thorax la- 

 nuginosa, brevissimus. Abdomen longum, cylindricum, apice e 

 pilis parvis squamosis trifasciculatum. Pedes glabri, brevissimi ; 

 tibiae posticae calcaribus parvis valde approximatis. Ala? spissae, 

 villosae, sericeae, subdentatae ; anticae valde oblongae, costa subrecta. 



Ceratonyx, Guen. Phal. i. 193. 



Male. Body hardly stout. Front flat, smooth. Proboscis 

 and palpi rudimentary. Antennas very short, pectinated to the tips. 

 Thorax lanuginous, very short. Abdomen long, cylindrical, wilh 

 short squamous apical hairs, which form three tufts. Legs smooth, 

 very short; hind tibiae with short and very approximate spurs. 

 Wings very stout, villose, silky, slightly dentated. Fore wings very 

 oblong; costa almost straight. 



1. Ceratonyx Satanaiua. 



Nigro-fusca ; alee albido varies; anticce lineis tribus trausversis 

 saturatioribus, \a 2aque arcuatis parallellis, Sa angulata, 

 strigis duabus subapicalibus unaque basali. 



