192 CATALOGUE OF 



the hind wings. Legs long, slender. Fore wings with the exterior 

 border convex, very oblique. 



2. CATAGELA ? ADMOTELLA. 



Mas. Pallide straminea ; alee anticce nigricante subconspersa, 

 punctis tribus lineaque exleriore obliqua diffusa nigris ; pos- 

 ticce albidce. 



Male. Pale straw-colour. Fore wings very thinly and mi- 

 nutely blackish-speckled, with three black points in a line on the 

 disk, and with a more exterior oblique diffuse black line, which is 

 obsolete hindward. Hind wings whitish. Length of the body 

 5 lines ; of the wings 10 lines. 



a. Ceylon. From M. Nietner's collection. 



Genus 18. ARAXES. 



Mas etfmm. Corpus sat gracile. Proboscis conspicua. Palpi 

 maxillares breves, vix ascendentes. Palpi labiales porrecti, capitis 

 latitudine multo longiores ; articulus 3us lanceolatus, 2o non bre- 

 vior. Abdomen alas posticas paullo superans. Pedes sat graciles ; 

 tibiae posiicae calcaribus quatuor longis. Alae anticae elongatae, 

 acutae, sat angustae, margine exteriore subobliquo vix convexo. 

 Mas. — Antennae crassae. Fcem. — Antennae vix robustae. 



Male and female. Body rather slender. Proboscis distinct. 

 Maxillary palpi hardly ascending, about half the length of the la- 

 bial palpi ; third joint acute, minute. Labial palpi porrect, much 

 longer than the breadth of the head ; third joint lanceolate, as long 

 as the second. Abdomen extending a little beyond the hind wings. 

 Legs smooth, rather slender; hind tibiae with four long spurs. 

 Wings elongate. Fore wings acute, rather narrow ; costa straight ; 

 exterior border hardly convex, slightly oblique. Male. — Antennae 

 very stout. Female. — Antennae hardly stout. 



1. Araxes ad migrate lla. 



Mas et fcem. Albida, thorax et abdomen subfuscescentia ; alee 

 linea marginali nigra ; antica fusco sub cons per so:, spatio cos- 

 tali interior e fuscescente, lineis duabus fuscis angulosis ; pos- 

 tica? albida, semihyalinoe. 



Male and female. Whitish. Thorax and abdomen slightly 

 brownish. Wings with a slender black marginal line. Fore wings 





