320 CATALOGUE OF 



Genus SAVARA. 



Mas et fcem. Corpus robustum. Proboscis brevis. Palpi 

 validi, pilosi, subascendentes, caput vix superantes ; articulus 3us 

 conicus, parvus. Antennae breves. Abdomen alas posticas non 

 superans. Pedes laeves, valde robusti; tibiae pos tic ae calcaribus 

 quatuor brevissimis. Alae anticae apice subrotundatae. Mas. — 

 Antennae sat late pectinatae. Fcem. — Antennae serratae. Alae anticae 

 longiores. 



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

 pilose, slightly ascending, hardly extending beyond the head; third 

 joint conical, minute. Antennae short, rather broadly pectinated in 

 the male, serrated in the female. Abdomen not extending beyond 

 the hind wings. Legs smooth, very stout; hind tibiae with four 

 very short spurs. Wings moderately broad, longer in the female 

 than in the male. Fore wings slightly rounded at the tips ; exterior 

 border more oblique in the female than in the male. 



The short antennae of this genus sufficiently distinguish it from 

 Spilosoma. 



Savaea simplex. 



Mas et fcem. Siraminea; caput et thorax pallide cervina ; 

 antenna nigra ; abdomen pallide lutescens, guttis dorsalibus 

 fuscis, subtus fuseum ; pedes fusci ; alee postica alba, fla- 

 vescente vix suffusai. 



Male and female. Straw-colour. Head and thorax pale fawn- 

 colour. Antennae black, Abdomen pale luteous, with a row of 

 brown dots; under side brown, except at the tip. Legs brown. 

 Hind wings white, with a very slight tinge of yellow. Length of the 

 body 5 lines; of the wings 14 — 16 lines. 



a — g. Hindostan. From the Entomological Society's collection. 



Genus jETHALIDA. 



Mas. Corpus robustum. Proboscis brevis. Palpi porrecti, 

 validi, pubescentes, caput vix superantes ; articulus 3us conicus, 2i 

 dirnidio brevior. Antennae subserratae. Abdomen alas posticas fere 

 dimidio superans. Pedes validi; femora pilosa; calcaria parva. 

 Alae longae, angustae ; anticae apice rotundatae, margine exteriore 

 perobliquo. 



