4 CATALOGUE OF 



Male. Ferruginous-red, pale reddish beneath. Palpi as- 

 cending, applied to the head, not rising near so high as the vertex. 

 Antennae minutely setose and pubescent. Abdomen ochraceous, 

 tapering, crested at the base, extending much beyond the hind 

 wings; apical tuft very small. Fore wings with a straight chaly- 

 beous dark-bordered line, which extends from the tips towards the 

 inner part of the interior border ; a diffuse pale purplish patch along 

 the outer fore part of this line ; exterior border very oblique hind- 

 ward ; angle of the interior border distinct, furnished with a fringe. 

 Hind wings pale reddish. Length of the body 6 lines ; of the wings 

 14 lines. 



a. Nanta, Amazon Begion. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



Genus 6. EGONE. 



Fcem. Corpus robustum, laeve. Proboscis conspicua. Palpi 

 porrecti, longiusculi, lati, fimbriati, articulo 3o conico minimo 

 Antenna? subsetulosae. Abdomen alas posticas non superans. 

 Pedes validi, squamosi ; tibiae postica? quadricalcaratse. Alae anticae 

 elongatae, apice subquadratoe, costa subconvexa. 



Female. Body stout, smooth. Proboscis distinct. Palpi por- 

 rect, broad, fringed, about as long as the breadth of the head; third 

 joint conical, very minute. Antennse very minutely setulose. Abdo- 

 men not extending beyond the hind wings. Legs stout, squamous ; 

 hind tibiae with four moderately long spurs. Wings elongate, 

 moderately broad. Fore wings subquadrate at the tips ; costa 

 slightly convex ; exterior border hardly convex, slightly oblique. 



1. Egone bipunctalis. 



Foem. Ferrugineo-fusca, nitens ; alee antica? punctis duobus dis- 

 calibus albis nigro marginatis ; poslica albido-cinerea. 



Female. Ferruginous-brown, shining, brownish cinereous be- 

 neath. Abdomen whitish cinereous. Fore wings with two white 

 black-bordered discal points, one interior, the other exterior. Hind 

 wings whitish cinereous. Length of the body 6 lines ; of the wings 

 16 lines. 



a. Sydney. From Mr. Lambert's collection. 



Genus 7. DAULTA. 

 Fcem. Corpus crassum, dense vestitum. Proboscis obsoleta. 

 Palpi porrecti, pilosi, angulati, capitis latitudiue non longiores; 





