164 CATALOGUE OF 



2. BERTULA EAPTATALIS. 



Mas. Fuscescente-cervina ; palporum articulus 2us supra caput 

 arcuatus So angulum vix fingens ; pedes antici fasciculati '> 

 alee, anticce subcinerascentes, lineis fuscis, basali distincta, in- 

 teriore et exterior e denticulatis angustis, fascia media recta 

 vix obliqua, submarginali undulata, punctis marginalibus 

 fuscis; posticce cinerea!, litura discali lineisque duabus fuscis. 



Male. Brownish fawn-colour, cinereous and speckled beneath. 

 Second joint of the palpi not vertical, but curved over the head j 

 third hardly forming an angle with the second. Abdomen with two 

 apical tufts, one dorsal, the other ventral. Fore legs tufted. Fore 

 wings with brown lines, and with a cinereous tinge ; basal line dis- 

 tinct; interior and exterior lines denticulated, slender, having 

 between them a straight hardly oblique band ; submarginal line 

 forming three curves ; marginal points brown. Hind wings cine- 

 reous, with a brown discal mark and two brown lines which are 

 indistinct above but conspicuous on the under side. Length of the 

 body 4 lines ; of the wings 9 lines. 



a. Ceylon. Presented by R. Templeton, Esq. 



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3. Bertula Hisbonalis. 



Mas. Fusca, vix robusta ; palpi validly arete applicati, supra 

 thoracem incumbenles ; articulus Sus 2o longior , fasciculo longo 

 sericeo fuscescente-cinereo ; pedes sat graciles, pubescentes, non 

 pilosi ; alcb amplce, linea submarginali albida recta distincta 

 obliqua, spatio marginali cinereo, lunulis marginalibus albis 

 nigro marginatis ; antica acutce ; reniformi c litura parva 

 testacea punctisque duobus exterioribus albis. 



Male. Brown, hardly stout, cinereous-brown beneath. Palpi 

 stout, pilose, reflexed, applied close to the head, extending nearly to 

 the hind border of the thorax ; first joint rising nearly to the vertex ; 

 second a little longer than the first; third longer than the second, 

 and with a long silky tult of brownish cinereous hairs which extend 

 beyond its tip. Abdomen slightly curved upward towards its tip, 

 extending very little beyond the hind wings. Legs rather slender, 

 pubescent, not pilose. Wings ample; submarginal line whitish, 

 straight, distiuct, extending from the tips of the fore wings to the 

 interior angle of the hind wings; space between it and the exterior 

 border cinereous ; the other lines obsolete ; marginal lunules white, 

 bordered with black. Fore wings acute ; reniform mark distinguished 



