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CATALOGUE OF 



very broad ochraceous band, wbicb corresponds with the ochraceous 

 part of the abdomen and is abbreviated towards thecosta; under 

 side with the ochraceous part extending to the base of the wing. 

 Length of ihe body 16 lines ; of the wings 44 lines. 



In Mr. Norris's collection. 



Genus EIRTHA. 



Mas. Corpus sat robustum. Proboscis brevis. Palpi validi, 

 arcuati, subpilosi, verticem superantes ; articulus 3us minimus. 

 Antennae subpectinata?, apices versus setosae. Pedes ^at graciles; 

 femora tibiaeque postica fimbriata ; calearia longa, grncilia. Ala? 

 anticae latae, subfalcatae, vix acuta?, margine exteriore -ubobliquo. 



Male. Body moderately stout. Proboscis short, Palpi stout, 

 curved, clothed with very short hairs, ascending above the vertex; 

 third joint conical, not more than one-tenth of the ength of the 

 second. Antennae slightly pectinated, setose t<> ds the tips. 

 Le^js rather slender ; hind femora and tibiae with i on g fringe ; 

 spurs long, slender. Wings broad. Fore wings su lcate, hardly 

 acute; exterior border slightly rounded and ol>l iqu ; second in- 

 ferior vein as near to the third as to the first; ith not very 

 remote from the third. 



BlltTHA INSULATA. 



Mas. Cervina ; alee antics maculis septem rufo r uscis pallido 



marginalia, la 2a Saque ante mediis, 4a 6a ue subcostali- 



bus, plagis duabus cinereis fusco subm arc/it ., la postica, 



2a extus excavata maculam 7am costalem lente, punctis 



marginalibus nigricantibus elongatis ; post, scescentes. 



Male. Fawn-colour, pale cinereous fav\ >ur beneath. 

 Fore wings with seven reddish brown pale-bordered ots ; an ante- 

 medial band formed by the first, second and third ots, of which 

 the second is very much larger than the others, m x tends to the 

 interior border; fourth, fifth and sixth near the in front of a 

 large cinereous patch which exteuds to the interi >order, and is 

 bordered with brown on the inner side, and is j >peckled with 

 black; another cinereous patch bordered with bri i on the inner 

 side, deeply notched on the outer side, includih seventh spot, 

 which is costal ; marginal points blackish, elongated Hind wings 



