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1. Ilattia Cephusalis. 



Mas et fcera. — Cinerea ; alee lineis denliculatis obscurioribus valde 

 indistinctis, submarginali pallida ; anticce tessello discali in- 

 teriore nudo semihyalino concavo albido, orbiculari et reni- 

 formi obsoletis. Mas. — Palpi intas albi. Foem. — Palpi 

 albidi. 



Male and female. — Cinereous, paler beneath. Wings with 

 the lines denticulated, a little darker than the ground-colour, very 

 indistinct ; marginal line pale ; fringe darker at the base. Fore 

 wings with a bare semihyaline concave whitish compartment in the 

 areolet near the base ; orbicular and reniform marks obsolete; some 

 whitish points along the costa towards the tip. Male. — Palpi white 

 on the inner side. Female. — Palpi whitish. Length of the body 

 5 lines; of the wings 11 lines. 



a, b. Shanghai. From Mr. Fortune's collection. 



Genus 51. CATADA. 



Foem. Corpus robustum, laeve. Palpi longi, compressi, 

 arcuati ; non articulus 2us breviter hirsutus ; 3us nudus, linearis, 

 gracillimus, 2o longior. Antennas glabra?, valida?, squamosa?. Ab- 

 domen depressum, alas posticas perpaullo superans. Pedes nudi, 

 sat graciles, calcaribus longissimis ; tibiae anticae brevissimae. Alae 

 anticae acute rectangulatae, margine exteriore flexo. 



Female. Body stout, smooth. Proboscis short. Palpi long, 

 compressed, curved, remote in front from the head and rising much 

 above it; second joint with thick-set short hairs in front; third 

 bare, linear, very slender, longer than the second. Antennae bare, 

 stout, squamous, shining. Abdomen somewhat flat, extending very 

 little beyond the hind wings. Legs bare, rather slender ; spurs very 

 long ; fore tibiae very short, with an appendage beneath. Wings 

 moderately broad. Fore wings acutely rectangular at the tips; ex- 

 terior border somewhat bent in the middle, not oblique in front, 

 very oblique hindvvard. 



This genus approaches very near to the Noctuites. 



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