164 CATALOGUE OF 



Genus CELERENA. 



Mas et fcem. Corpus robustura. Proboscis brevis. Palpi 

 Iseves, vix validi, caput superantes, articulo 3o conico. Antennae 

 maris dense pubescentes. Abdomen subattenuatum, alas posticas 

 non superans; sexualia maris elongata. Pedes Iseves, sat graciles ; 

 tibiae posticae quadricalcaratse. Alse antica3 longae, latae, vix acutae, 

 margine exieriore perobliquo vix convexo. 



Male and female. Body stout. Proboscis short. Palpi smooth, 

 hardly stout, extending beyond the head ; third joint conical, about 

 one-fourth of the length of the second. Antennae of the male thickly 

 pubescent. Abdomen tapering from the base to the tip, longer in 

 the male than in the female, but not extending beyond the hind 

 wings ; apical appendages of the male elongate. Legs smooth, 

 rather slender ; spurs moderately long. Wings ample. Fore wings 

 long, hardly acute ; exterior border hardly convex, very oblique. 



Type, C. sobria. 



The previous description of this genus in Trans. Ent. Soc. 2nd 

 Ser. i. 72, is insufficient. 



Celerena sobria. 



Mas et foem. Cinereo-nigra ; palpi porrecti, maris antenna pubes- 

 centes ; abdomen ochraceum, basi nigrum ; aim fascia cinerea 

 arcuata submarginali ; anticce fascia media abbreviata alba ; 

 posticce macula discali alba.) 



Male and female. Cinereous-black. Palpi porrect, hardly 

 longer than half the breadth of the head ; third joint conical, slightly 

 declining, not more than one-fourth of the length of the second. 

 Antennae of the male pubescent. Abdomen ochraceous, except 

 towards the base, shorter in the female than in the male. Wings 

 with a curved cinereous submarginal sometimes indistinct band. 

 Fore wings with a white middle band, which is abbreviated at each 

 end and varies as to breadth. Hind wings with a white discal spot, 

 which is very lar^e in the male, and is smaller and variable as to 

 size in the female. Length of the body 8 lines; of the wings 

 14 lines. 



a. Aru. From Mr. Wallace's collection. 



6, c. Ceram. From Mr. Wallace's collection. 



d, e. Amboina. From Mr. Wallace's collection. 



