204 CATALOGUE OF 



2. Elyka? Cachrusalis. 



Mas. Obscure fusca, subtus albido-cinerea ; palpi dense pilosi; 

 articulus 2us arcuatus ; 3us lanceolatus, subarcuatus, antice 

 fimbriatus, 2i dimidio vix longior ; antenna validce^ subpec- 

 tinatce ; pedes non pilosi ; tibice anticce breves, subtus fascicu- 

 late ; alee amplce ; anticce cinerece, subfalcata, subglauces- 

 centes, lineis nigris undulatis, submarginali costam versus 

 abrupte retracta, litura discali interiore nigra, orbiculari e 

 gutta pallida, reniformi indeterminata. 



Male. Dark brown, whitish cinereous beneath. Palpi densely 

 clothed with short hairs, rising above the vertex ; second joint 

 curved ; third lanceolate, slightly curved, fringed in front, hardly 

 more than half the length of the second. Antennae stout, slightly 

 pectinated. Legs stout, not pilose ; fore tibiae short, tufted 

 beneath. Wings ample. Fore wings almost subfalcate, mostly 

 cinereous, and with a glaucous tinge; lines black, undulating, 

 partly bordered with cinereous ; middle line dilated towards the in- 

 terior border ; a black mark in the disk near the base ; submarginal 

 line abruptly retracted towards the costa ; orbicular mark forming 

 a pale dot; reniforrn irregular; marginal line whitish, black- 

 bordered ; a slight tuft on the discal vein beneath. Hind wings 

 cinereous, with the lines indistinct above, diffuse beneath. Length 

 of the body 6 lines; of the wings 14 lines. 



a. West Africa. Presented by E. Doubleday, Esq. 



Genus 46. DIERNA. 



Mas. Corpus sat validum. Palpi longi, oblique ascendentes, 

 perparum arcuati ; articulus 2us latus, pubescens ; 3us acicularis, 

 gracillimus, subnudus, 2o valde brevior. Antennae longiusculae, 

 setosae, apices versus subdilatatae et subdevise, apice graciles et con- 

 volutae. Abdomen laeve, apicem versus compressum, alas posticas 

 non superans. Pedes longiusculi, sat graciles; antici breves, sub- 

 tus fimbriati. Alae latae, sat angustoe ; anticae subfalcatae. 



Male. Body moderately stout. Head with a frontal tuft. 

 Palpi long, obliquely ascending, very slightly curved ; secoud joint 

 broad, pubescent ; third acicular, very slender, almost bare, much 

 shorter than the second. Antennae rather long, with long setae for 

 nearly three-fourths of the length, where they are slightly dilated 



