166 CATALOGUE OF 



testaceis, hitjus fasciculo parvo nigricante; alee anticce subpur- 

 purascentes, fasciis duabus albidis rufescente variis, la basali, 

 2a latissima, linea submarginali e punctis testaceis. 



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

 mous, resting on the thorax and extending nearly to its hind 

 border; first and second joints curved, about equal in length ; third 

 straight, nearly cylindrical, as long as the first and second together. 

 Antennae rather stout. Thorax ferruginous. Abdomen extending 

 very little beyond the hind wings. Fore legs densely tufted; poste- 

 rior tarsi with whitish testaceous rings ; hind tibiae with white tips. 

 Fore wings ferruginous at the base; lines whitish; basal half line 

 curved; interior line straight; exterior line slightly undulating; a 

 broad black streak extending from near the base to the disk, inter- 

 rupted by the cinereous ferruginous-varied space between the interior 

 and exterior lines ; submarginal line dark brown, undulating, very 

 indistinct; reniform mark pale, narrow, irregularly bordered with 

 black ; marginal points black, like those of the hind wings, which 

 have no lines. Length of the body 6 lines; of the wings 16 lines. 

 Female. — Brown; under side with the wings towards the base and 

 the body mostly testaceous. Palpi long, slender, curved ; second 

 joint on the inner side and third joint testaceous, the latter with a 

 small blackish tuft. Fore wings with a slight purplish tinge; two 

 whitish bands; one basal and varied with ferruginous-red, the other 

 very broad, slightly varied with red, bounded by the interior and ex- 

 terior lines, containing the blackish-marked incomplete orbicular and 

 reniform spots, forming two broad obtuse teeth on its outer side ; 

 submarginal line forming some testaceous points. 



a — d. Sarawak, Borneo. From Mr. Wallace's collection. 



6. Bertula Phidias alis. 



Mas. Ferruginea; palpi arcuati, pubescenles, arete applicati ; 

 antenna dense fasciculato crenulatcc ; pedes subpilosi ; alee sat 

 angusta: ; anticce viridescente varia^ apice subrotundatce, mar- 

 gine exteriore perobliquo, lineis interiore et exteriore nigrican- 

 tibus diffusis indistinctis, hac valde Jlexa, spatio contiguo 

 albido ; postica? fusca. 



Male. Ferruginous, rather stout. Palpi curved, pubescent, 

 applied closely to the head and extending to its hind border; first 

 joint not rising to the vertex ; second more than twice the length of 

 the first; third not distinguishable. Antennae thickly crenulated, 

 with minute tufts pf setae. Abdomen somewhat thickened towards 



