1154 CATALOGUE OF 



Genus BETHARGA. 



Mas. Corpus robustum, cylindricum. Proboscis brevissima. 

 Palpi graciles, oblique a^cendentes, thorace longiores; articulus 3us 

 lanceolatus, 2i dimidio brevior. Antenna? robusta?, subpectinatae. 

 Abdomen alas posticas longe superans; fasciculus apicalis minimus. 

 Pedes robusti, tibiis anticis subincrassatis, tibiis posticis subpilosis, 

 calcaribus longis validis. Ala? antics angustae, longissima?, apice 

 rotundata? ; costa subconvexa, margine exteriore perobliquo. 



Male. Body stout, cylindrical. Proboscis rudimentary. Palpi 

 slender, obliquely ascending, longer tban the thorax, rising very 

 much higher than the vertex; third joint lanceolate, less than half 

 the length of the second. Antenna? stout, minutely pectinated. 

 Abdomen extending much beyond the bind wings; apical tuft 

 extremely small. Legs stout; fore tibiae slightly incrassated; hind 

 tibia? slightly pilose ; spurs long, stout. Wings rather narrow, very 

 long, rounded at the tips. Fore wings much longer than the hind 

 wings; costa very slightly convex; exterior border convex, very 

 oblique; first, second and third inferior veins approximate at the 

 base; fourth very remote from the third. 



Betharga lycoides. 



Mas. Coccinea ; palpi, antenna, abdomen pedesque coccinea ; 

 abdomen apice ochraceum ; ala antica apices versus nigra 

 cinereo s trig a tee ; posticce fascia ochracea lata post media. 



Male. Crimson. Palpi, antenna?, abdomen and legs black. 

 Abdomen ochraceous towards the tip. Fore wings with more than 

 one-third of the surface from the tips black with cinereous longi- 

 tudinal streaks; the crimson colour beyond the middle changing to 

 ochraceous, the latter hue more prevalent on the under side. Hind 

 wings with a broad ochraceous band beyond the middle. Length of 

 the body 10 lines; of the wings 28 lines. 



New Guinea. In Mr. Saunders' collection. 



Genus EUEYPTA. 

 Eurypta, Ld. Wien. Ent. Mon. vii. 334. 



Eurvpta auriscutalis. 



auriscutalis, Hb. Zutr. f. 465, 466. Ld. Wien. Ent. Mon. vii. pi. 6, 

 i.5. 



Brazil. 



