154 CATALOGUE OF 



d. Sitfiet. From Mr. Stainforth's collection. 



e — g. North India. From Mr. James' collection. 



h — k. Moulmein. From Archdeacon Clerk's collection. 



Z. Java. From the East India Company's collection. 



Genus 17. PANACEA. 



Corpus suhfusiforme, mediocriter robustum. Caput plus mi- 

 nusve productum et conicum. Proboscis longiuseula. Antennae 

 simplices, subfiliformes. Abdomen oblanceolatum, thorace non 

 duplo longius. Pedes sat graciles ; tibia? posticae calcaribus quatuor 

 longis. Alae plus minusve longae et angustae ; anticag subacuminata?, 

 apud costam recta?, margine exteriore integro, apicem versus plus 

 minusve excavato, posticae vix acuminata?. Mas. — Antennae vix 

 setosaa, thorace paullo longiores. Fcem. — Antennae thorace non 

 longiores. 



Body subfusiform, moderately stout. Head more or less pro- 

 minent or conical. Proboscis rather long. Palpi as usual. An- 

 tennae simple, nearly filiform, Abdomen oblanceolate, rather less 

 than twice the length of the thorax. Legs rather slender ; hind 

 tibiae with four long spurs. Wings more or less long and narrow. 

 Fore wings straight along the costa, slightly acuminated ; exterior 

 border entire, more or less oblique, more or less concave towards the 

 tip of the wing ; second inferior vein not further from the third than 

 from the first ; fourth very remote. Hind wings hardly acumi- 

 nated ; exterior border entire. Male. — Antennas very minutely 

 setose, a little longer than the thorax. Female. — Antennae not 

 longer than the thorax. 



Group 1. 

 Fore wings slightly or hardly excavated on the exterior border. 



1. Pa^acra Automedon. 



Cervina, subcinerascens ; thorax fusco bivittatus ; abdomen ferru- 

 gineo subaurato quadrivittatus ; alee anticce maculis duabus 

 costalibus subapicalibus, gutta discali maculaque apud angu- 

 lum interiorem obscure f us cis, vitta lata subobliqua cano inter- 

 lineata fusca, striga angulata subapicali albida lituris apud 

 angulum exteriorem subpurpureis ; posticce fnscce, vitta cer- 

 vina. 



Deilephila Automedon, Boisd. MSS. 



