1108 CATALOGUE OF 



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

 smooth, moderately stout, obliquely ascending, rising a little higher 

 than the vertex; third joint lanceolate, less than half the length of 

 the second. Antennae setose. Abdomen extending somewhat 

 beyond the hind wings; first and second segments much crested ; 

 apical tuft small, compressed. Legs stout; fore tibiae with a peni- 

 cillate tuft. Wings narrow. Fore wings slightly acute ; exterior 

 border convex, slightly oblique. Hind wings with the exterior 

 border much rounded. 



Mareura aurilinea. 



Mas. Saturate ferrugineo-fmea ; abdomen nigricante cristatum ; 

 alee line a marginali ehalybcea ; an ti cat fascia latissima nigri- 

 cante abbreviata cinereo marginata, lituris tribus exteriori- 

 bus cinereis nigricante marginatis, lineis duabus subcostalibus 

 auratis. 



Male. Deep ferruginous-brown, cinereous-brown beneath. 

 Crests of the abdomen blackish. Wings with a chalybeous mar- 

 ginal line; fringe with blackish points. Fore wings with a very 

 broad cinereous-bordered blackish band, which is abbreviated towards 

 the costa ; some blackish marks along the costa and along the ex- 

 terior border ; three short transverse cinereous blackish-bordered 

 streaks beyond the band ; two subcostal gilded lines. Length of 

 the body 5 lines; of the wings 10 lines. 



a. Ega. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



Genus DAXATA. 



Man. Corpus vix robustum. Proboscis mediocris. Palpi 

 ascendentes, subarcuati, verticem valde superantes, articulo 3o lan- 

 ceolato apicem versus fksciculato. Antennae setosae. Abdomen 

 alas posticas vix superans ; fasciculus apicalis minimus. Pedes 

 robusti, laeves; calcaria longa, gracilia. Alae anticae vix acutae, 

 margine exteriore convexo. 



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

 Palpi slightly curved, rising very much higher than the vertex and 

 about twice longer than the breadth of the head; third joint lan- 

 ceolate, with a tuft near the tip, much shorter than the second. 

 Antennae setose. Abdomen hardly extending beyond the hind 

 wings; apical tuft very small. Legs stout, smooth; spurs long, 



