584 CATALOGUE OF 



slender, slightly pilose; bind tibiae with four long slender spurs. 

 Fore wings brownish cinereous, slightly rounded at the tips, 

 reticulated with black ; a broad oblique excavated black band 

 beyond the middle. Hind wings cinereous. Length of the body 

 8 lines; of the wings 18 lines. 



a. Natal. From M. Gueinzius* collection. 



COSSUS ABRUPTUS. 



Mas. Cervinus ; antenna pectinate ; abdomen attenuatum % 

 cinereum,fuseo fasciatum, fasciculo apicali longo penicillato ; 

 alee anticce subacute, strigis plurimis transversis ochraceis ; 

 posticce fuscce. 



Male. Fawn-colour, cinereous and shining beneath. Antennae 

 moderately pectinated to the lips. Abdomen cinereous, with brown 

 bands, exending for more than half its length beyond the hind 

 wings, tapering from the base to the tip ; apical tuft long, com- 

 posed of penicillate hairs. Fore wings slightly acute, with numerous 

 transverse deep ochraceous streaks; fringe alternately cinereous and 

 ochraceous. Hind wings brown ; fringe alternately brown and 

 cinereous. Length of the body 9 lines; of the wings 16 lines. 



Allied in structure to C. ccestrum and to C. thrips. 



a. Hindostan. Presented by Sir J. Hearsay. 



COSSUS VICARIUS. 



Foem. Cinereo-fuscus ; palpi brevissimi ; antennce valida ; ab- 

 domen alas posticas longe superans ; pedes crassi, Jimbriati ; 

 alee anticce breviusculec, fusco nigroque reticulatce ; posticcB 

 subtus reticulata?. 



Female. Cinereous-brown. Palpi porrect, not extending 

 beyond the eyes. Antenna? stout, smooth. Abdomen extending 

 much beyond the hind wings. Legs very stout ; femora and tibia? 

 fringed. Wings rather short, irregularly reticulated with dark 

 brown. Fore wings partly reticulated with black. Hind wings 

 darker than the fore wings; the reticulation only appareut on the 

 under side. Length of the body 16 lines ; of the wings 32 lines. 



a. Shanghai. From the Entomological Society's collection. 



