1714 CATALOGUE OF 
Genus PODALIA. 
Group 1. - 
Fem. Corpus crassum. Proboscis non conspicua. ‘Palpi 
brevissimi. Antenne vix pectinate. Abdomen apice dense lanu- 
ginosum, alas posticas vix superans. Pedes validi; tibie postice 
calcaribus duobus minutis apicalibus. Ale longiuscule, mediocri- 
ter late ; antic apud costam vix convexe, apice rotundate, mar- 
gine exteriore percbliquo. 
Female. Body thick. Proboscis not visible. Palpi very 
short. Antenne setaceous, very minutely pectinated, a little longer 
than the thorax. Abdomen thickly lanuginose at the tip, hardly 
extending beyond the hind wings. Legs stout; hind tibie with 
two minute apical spurs. Wings rather long, moderately broad. 
Fore wings very slightly convex in front, rounded at the tips, ex- 
tremely oblique along the exterior border; second inferior vein 
about twice further from the third than from the first; third much 
further from the fourth than from the second. 
1. Popatia VESTA. 
Fem. Alba; thorax fascia una integra nigra alteraque inter- 
rupta fusca; abdomen fusco fasciutum ; pedes ex parte nigrt ; 
ale antice fasctts duabus diffusis, maculis discalibus guttisque 
marginalibus fuscis ; postice pallide fusce, apud marginem 
extertorem albe fusco maculate. | 
Bombyx Vesta, WSS. 
Female. White. Antenne with black branches. Thorax 
with an entire black band and an interrupted brown band. Abdo- 
men with brown bands. Legs mostly black. Fore wings with two 
diffuse brown bands, and some discal brown spots; a row of semi- 
circular brown spots along the exterior border. Hind wings pale 
brown, white towards the exterior border, which has spots like the 
fore wings. Length of the body 15 lines; of the wings 44 lines. 
Brazil. In Mr. Saunders’ collection. 
' Group 2. . 
Mas. Corpus crassum. Caput subporrectum. Palpi brevis- 
simi. Antenne latissime pectinate, basi approximate. Abdomen — 
alas posticas paullo superans. Pedes validi, pilis longis densissime 
vestiti. Ale mediocriter late; antice subacuminate, apices versus 
