138 CATALOGUE OF 



Genus 1. POLYTELA. 



Corpus sat validum. Proboscis breviuscula. Palpi breves, 

 validi, pilosi, porrecti, caput vix superautes; articulus 3us mini- 

 mus. Antennae setaceae, sirnplices, mediocres. Abdomen alas pos- 

 ticas perpaullo superans. Pedes validi ; tibia) posticae calcaribus 

 quatuor longis. Alas mediocres ; anticae apud costam rectae, apice 

 rotundatae, margine exteriore mediocriter obliquo. 



Polytela. Guen. Noct. i. 113. 



Body moderately stout. Proboscis rather short. Palpi short, 

 stout, pilose, porrect, hardly extending beyond the head ; third joint 

 very minute. Antennae setaceous, moderately long and slender. 

 Abdomen extending very little beyond the hind wings. Legs stout ; 

 hind tibiae with four long spurs. Wings moderately broad. Fore 

 wings straight in front, rounded at the tips, moderately oblique 

 along the exterior border. 



1. POLYTELA GlORIOSJE. 



Cinereo -nigra ; caput apud antennas luteo biguttatum ; thorax an- 

 tice cyanescens, postice luteo bimaculatus ; abdomen apice cro- 

 ceum ; alee anticce fasciis denticulatis atris, lineis transversis 

 undulatis guttisque luteo-testaceis, strigis coccineis, maculis 

 duabus marginalibus testaceis ocellisque duabus discalibus ; 

 posticcB cinerece, luteo ciliatce. 



Bombyx Gloriosae, Fahr. Sp. Ins. ii. 205, 150 ; Mant, Ins. ii. 133, 

 211 ; Ent. Syst. iii. 1, 484, 242. Oliv. Enc. Meth. v. 102, 

 266. 



Phalaena-Bombyx Gloriosae, Gmel. ed. Syst. Nat. i. 5, 2440, 578. 



Poly tela Gloriosae, Guen. Noct. i. 113, 179. 



a, b. Canara. Presented by S. N. Ward, Esq. 

 c, d. Ceylon. Presented by R. Templeton, Esq. 

 e. Madras. Presented by W. Elliott, Esq. 

 /, g. North India. Presented by General Hearsay. 

 h. North India. Presented by E. Doubleday, Esq. 

 i. North Bengal. Presented by W. W. Saunders, Esq. 

 j\k. North India. From Mr. Stevens' collection. 

 /. ? From Mr. Milne's collection. 



