168 CATALOGUE OF 



penicillo pallide luteo ; thorax cristatus ; abdomen fuscum ; 

 tibiae anticae fasciculate?, valde dilatatce ; tarsi posteriores 

 albido fasciaii ; alee lineis albis, linea interiore arcuata, exte* 

 riore recta lata obliqua, submarginaii tenui postice angulata, 

 reniformi lineari tenuissima alba. 



Male. Fawn-colour, cinereous beneath, in structure like 

 JB. Talausalis. Antennas thicker, curled towards the tips; bristles 

 longer. Third joint of the palpi with a fan-shaped pale luteous 

 tuft. Thorax crested. Abdomen brown. Fore tibiae tufted and 

 much dilated ; posterior tarsi with whitish bands. Wings with 

 white lines ; basal and interior lines curved, slightly denticulated, 

 obsolete in the hind wings ; exterior line broad, straight, oblique, 

 very remote from the interior one ; submarginal line slender, 

 approaching the exterior one hindward, forming an angle near the 

 interior border of the fore wings ; marginal line white. Fore wings 

 with minute blackish flecks ; reniform mark distinguished by a very 

 slender white line. Hind wings brown. Length of the body 8 

 lines; of the wings 18 lines. 



a. Brazil. From Mr. Wallace's collection. 



9. Bertula Talausalis. 





Mas. Fusca; palpi longissimi, thoracis marginem posticum attin- 

 gentes ; articulus lus arcuatus, intus ochraceus ; 2ns vix 

 ochraceus, lolongior; Sus 2o longior, penicillo denso longis- 

 simo pallide luteo ; antennae longae ; abdomen alas posticas 

 super ans ; pedes antici dense fasciculati ; aloe anticae lineis 

 nigris, interiore et exteriore denticulatis indistinctis antice 

 subobsoletis, submarginaii undulata intus lutescente margi- 

 nata; orbiculari alba punctiformi, reniformi nigra concisa 

 intus albo punctata ; posticae linea submarginaii albida indis- 

 tincta subundulata. 



Male. Brown, cinereous-brown beneath. Palpi very long, 

 reflexed to the hind border of the thorax ; first joint curved, ochra- 

 ceous on the inner side, rising to the vertex ; second very slightly 

 curved, longer than the first; third longer than the second", slightly 

 curved upward at the tip, with a dense and very large fan-shaped 

 tuft of long pale luteous hairs. Antennas long, slender, with two 

 rather long bristles on each joint. Abdomen lanceolate, extending 

 rather beyond the hind wings, slightly compressed at the tip. Fore 

 legs densely tufted. Fore wings with black lines ; interior and ex- 





