1168 CATALOGUE OF 





Female. Cinereous, paler beneath. Head, palpi and fore part 

 of the thorax pale ochraceous. Palpi slender, longer than the breadth 

 of the head and rising very much higher than the vertex ; second 

 joint curved, with a very short squamous fringe beneath ; third lan- 

 ceolate, about half the length of the second. Legs smooth. Wings 

 broad ; costa slightly ochraceous beneath ; exterior border very 

 slightly festooned. Fore wings acute, slightly purplish-tinged; two 

 undulating dull cupreous lines near the base ; two bands and a 

 marginal patch dull cupreous, each containing a short irregular 

 black line ; first band across the middle ; second converging hind- 

 ward towards the first, on approaching which it is abbreviated, 

 separated by a cinereous black-bordered line from the patch. Length 

 of the body 6 lines ; of the wings 14 lines. 



a. Natal. From M. Gueinzius' collection. 



Bertula imparatalis. 



Mas. Cinereo-fusca ; palpi supra thoracem reflexi, articulo 2o 

 arcuato pubescente, 3o lanceolato fimbriate ; antennae setosce ; 

 abdominis segmenta cinereo pallido marginata ; pedes antici 

 dense pilosi, tibiis penicillato-fasciculatis, tarsis brevissimis ; 

 ala? elongatce, linea nigricante postmedia angulosa punctulari, 

 linea cinerea submarginali angulosa indistincta; anticce per- 

 acuta, lineis duabus basalibus nigricantibus angulosis, la 

 indeterminata, reniformi nigra. 



Male. Cinereous-brown, cinereous beneath. Palpi reflexed 

 over the head to the fore part of the thorax ; second joint curved, 

 pubescent ; third lanceolate, fringed, much shorter than the second. 

 Antennae setose. Abdomen extending a little beyond the hind 

 wings ; hind borders of the segments pale cinereous ; apical tuft 

 very small. Fore femora and fore tibiae densely pilose, the latter 

 with a long penicillate tuft of hairs ; fore tarsi very short ; spurs 

 slender, very long. Wings elongate, with a blackish postmedial 

 zigzag line, which is indicated by points ; an indistinct submarginal 

 cinereous zigzag line; marginal festoon blackish; under side with 

 a blackish point in the disk and with three exterior blackish zigzag 

 lines. Fore wings very acute, with a blackish zigzag line near the 

 base and with indications of another blackish line still nearer the 

 base ; a black spot representing the reniform mark ; exterior border 

 convex, moderately oblique. Length of the body 6J lines; of the 

 wings 15 lines. 



a. Hindostan. From Archdeacon Clerk's collection. 



