1008 CATALOGUE OF 



Male. Body stout. Proboscis of the usual length. Palpi 

 smooth, erect, applied to the head, rising higher than the vertex ; 

 third joint linear, less than half the length of the second. An- 

 tennae slightly pectinated to two-thirds of the length, minutely 

 setulose from thence to the tips. Abdomen tapering from the 

 base to the tip, extending rather beyond the hind wings; apical 

 tuft small, elongate. Legs rather long and slender; femora and 

 tibiae very broadly fringed ; spurs long, slender. Wings long. 

 Fore wings lanceolate, acute ; exterior border almost straight, 

 very oblique; discal fold distinct; fourth inferior vein very remote 

 from the third. Hind wings truncate about the interior angle. 



Archana certa. 



Mas. Pallide ochracea ; alee linea basali fuscescente tenui indis- 

 tincta subundulata, linea fusca recta obliqua, linea submar- 

 ginali undulata e punctis elongatis nigris. 



Male. Pale ochraceous. Wings with a slender indistinct 

 slightly undulating brownish line near the base, and with a straight 

 brown line, which extends from the tips of the fore wings to two- 

 thirds of the length of the interior border of the hind wings ; an 

 undulating submarginal line of elongated black points on the 

 veins. Length of the body 9 lines ; of the wings 20 lines. 



a. Santarem. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



Genus EUSIMARA. 



Fcem. Corpus vix robustum. Proboscis mediocris. Palpi 

 laeves, suberecti, verticem paullo superantes ; articulus 3us conicus, 

 brevissimus. Thoracis tegulae posticae longissimae. Abdomen alas 

 posticas paullo superans. Pedes laeves, longiusculi ; calcaria longa. 

 Alae anticae amplae, acutae, margine exteriore subconvexo. 



Female. Body hardly stout. Proboscis moderately long. 

 Palpi smooth, nearly erect, rising a little higher than the vertex ; 

 third joint conical, not more than one-eighth of the length of the 

 second. Hind tegulae of the thorax very long. Abdomen extend- 

 ing a little beyond the hind wings. Legs smooth, rather long ; 

 spurs long. Wings ample. Fore wings acute ; exterior border 

 slightly convex, moderately oblique. 



