CATALOGUE OF 



Penicillaria LINEaTRIX. 

 lineatrix, Cat. Lep. Het. xv. 1776. 

 a. Canara. Presented by the Secretary of the India Board. 



Penicillaria Areusa. 



Areusa, Wlk. Journ. Ent. Soc. Land. 3rd Ser. i. 93. 

 Amazon Kegion. 



Penicillaria ? quadrinotata. 



quadrinotata, Wlk. Journ. Lin. Soc. vii. 65. 



Borneo. 



Penicillaria solida. 



Mas. Rufescens ; palpi fusci, albido varii, articulo 3o lineari ; 

 thorax cristatus ; o.bdomen basi cristatum, maculis dorsalibus 

 teslaceis, fascicu lo apicali furcato ; ala antica? fascia obliqua 

 albida reniformem fuscam perangustam testaceo interlineatam 

 includente, linea submarginali pallida denticulata fusco sub- 

 marginata, macula costali trigona fusca; postica fuscescente- 

 cinerea?, linea marginali albida. 



Male. Reddish, partly whitish beneath. Palpi brown, partly 

 whitish ; third joint linear, conical at the tip, very much shorter 

 than the second. Thorax crested. Abdomen crested at the base, 

 with some pale testaceous dorsal spots, testaceous towards the tip ; 

 the red part terminating in' a blackish tinge ; two apical lateral 

 diverging tufts. Fore wings with a whitish straight oblique middle 

 band, which contains the reniform mark, and is diffuse on the outer 

 side, where it is bounded by the exterior line ; the latter is brown, 

 curved, very incomplete ; submarginal line pale, denticulated, indis- 

 tinct, partly bordered with brown, forming the outer side of a costal 

 brown triangular spot, which includes three testaceous costal points; 

 marginal points black ; interior part with very indistinct undulating 

 cinereous lines; reniform mark brown, very narrow, containing a 

 testaceous line. Hind wings brownish cinereous ; marginal festoon 

 whitish. Length of the body 5£ lines; of the wings 12 lines. 



Ceylon. In Mr. Layard's collection. 



