782 CATALOGUE OF 



Genus 68. GERONTHA. 



Fcem. Corpus sat gracile. Caput latum, autice pilosum. 

 Oculi extantes. Proboscis brevissima. Palpi angulati, capitis lati- 

 tudine non breviores ; articulus 2us birsutus; 3us squamosus, lau- 

 ceolatus, suberectus, 2i dimidio non longior. Antennae laeves, sat 

 robustae. Abdomen alas posticas longissime superans. Pedes longi, 

 sat validi ; tibiae intermedin pilosa? ; tibiae postion subpilosae. Alae 

 anticae longs, angustae, apice rotuudatae, margine exteriore convexo 

 perobliquo. 



Allied to tbe Tineidce. Female. — Body ratber slender. Head 

 broad, prominent and pilose in front. Eyes very prominent. Pro- 

 boscis very sbort. Palpi as long as tbe breadth of the head ; second 

 joint thickly hirsute ; third squamous, lanceolate, nearly erect, 

 about half the length of the second, with which it forms an angle. 

 Antennae smooth, rather stout, somewhat shorter than the fore wings. 

 Abdomen extending very far beyond the bind wings. Legs long, 

 rather stout ; middle tibiae pilose ; bind tibia? slightly pilose, with 

 four long spurs. Wings long and narrow. Fore wings rounded at 

 the tips ; exterior border convex, very oblique; discal areolet long; 

 three inferior veins ; the second forked. 



1. Gerontha captiosella. 



Fcem. Fusceacente - cinerea ; palporum articulus 2us nigro 

 pilosus ; tibice posticce nigro pilosce ; alee anticce fusco eon- 

 spersa, litura discali parva nigricante, punctis marginalibus 

 nigris. 



Female. Brownish cinereous. Second joint of the palpi beset 

 with stout black hairs. Hind tibiae clothed with black hairs. Fore 

 wings speckled with brown ; a small blackish mark at the end of 

 the discal areolet ; marginal points black. Length of the body 

 7 lines; of the wings 14 lines.. 



a. Ceylon. Presented by Dr. Templeton. 



Genus 69. TIMYRA. 



Fcem. Corpus sat robustum. Proboscis mediocris. Palpi 

 erecli, pubescentes, subpilosi, capitis latitudine duplo longiores; 

 articulus 3us lanceolatus, 2o brevior. Palpi maxillares latissime et 



