304 CATALOGUE OF 



spots along the interior border. Length of the body 8 lines ; of the 

 wings 20 lines. 



a. South Hindostan. Presented by M. J. Walhonse, Esq. 



Genus ELYSIUS. 



Elysius? signatus. 

 signatus, Wlh Trans, Ent. Soc. Lond. 3rd. Ser. i. 75. 

 Brazil. 



Genus BITURIX. 



BlTUEIX VENOSATA. 



Mas. Alba ; caput luteum ; palpi graciles, porrecti, caput non 

 superantes ; antennce nigra, serratce ; thorax antice luteus ; 

 abdomen luteum, maculis lateralibus nigris, lateribus apiceque 

 lanuginosis ; pedes anteriores supra nigri ; alee nigro venosce. 



Male. White, stout. Head and fore part of the thorax luteous. 

 Palpi smooth, slender, porrect, not extending so far as the front of 

 the head ; third joint extremely minute. Antennae black, serrated. 

 Abdomen extending much beyond the hind wings, luteous above, 

 except at the tip ; a row of black spots along each side ; sides and 

 tip lanuginous. Anterior legs black above. Wings with black 

 veins. Fore wings slightly acute ; exterior border hardly convex, 

 very oblique. Length of the body 8 lines ; of the wings 20 lines. 



a. Vera Cruz, Mexico. From M. Salle's collection. 



Genus AMERILA. 



Amerila rubripes. 



Fcem. Alba; palpi suberecti, supra rosei, articulis2o Soque apice 

 nigris ; thorax nigro duodecem maculatus ; pectus nigro bi- 

 maculatum ; abdomen luteum, basi album, subtus cinereum, 

 guttis lateralibus nigris ; pedes roseo vittati; alee anticce longce, 

 latiuscula, acutce. 



Female. White. Proboscis tawny. Palpi rosy above, nearly 

 vertical ; second and third joints with black tips ; third conical. 

 Antennae rosy at the base. Thorax with two black dots on each of 

 the fore tegulae, with one on each of the hind tegulae, with two on 

 each side in front of the fore wing, and with two on the disk. Pectus 

 with a black dot on each side. Abdomen luteous, cinereous beneath ; 



