214 CATALOGUE OF 



discal mark and an interior brown dot. Length of the body 

 5 lines ; of the wings 13 lines. 



Sarawak, Borneo. In Mr. Saunders' collection. 



Genus bb. BERRESA. 



Mas. Corpus robustum. Proboscis brevis. Palpi breves, 

 ascendentes ; articulus 2us subtus dense pilosus; 3us linearis, 2o 

 brevior. Antennae graciles, simplices, corporis dimidio valde longi- 

 ores. Thorax crassus, squamosus. Abdomen alas posticas non 

 superans. Pedes validi, pilosi, calcaribus longis. Alse breviuscula?, 

 latiusculse ; antica? subtus sacculo instructs, costa interiore convexa, 

 margin e exteriore vix obliquo ; posticse pilis apud marginem interi- 

 orem longissimis. 



Male. Body stout. Proboscis short. Palpi short, ascending ; 

 second joint thickly pilose beneath ; third linear, conical at the tip, 

 a little shorter than the second. Antennae slender, simple, much 

 more than half the length of the body. Thorax squamous, very 

 thick. Abdomen conical, not extending beyond the hind wings. 

 Legs stout, pilose ; spurs long. Wings rather short and broad. 

 Fore wings convex along the basal part of the costa, rectangular at 

 the tips ; exterior border hardly oblique ; a subcostal sack on the 

 under side before the middle and a corresponding glabrous mark 

 above. Hind wings with very long hairs along the interior border. 



This genus differs widely from the typical forms of Herminidce ; 

 it is allied to Locastra and Imma, and like them has a resemblance 

 to some of the Noctuites. 



1. Berresa natalis. 



Mas. Cinereo-fusca ; alee anticm lineis albidis denticulatis indis- 

 tinctis niyro conspersis, reniformi e punctis albis ; posticm 

 cinerece, linea obscuriore subtus conspicua. 



Male. Cinereous-brown. Thorax and fore wings minutely 

 mottled. Abdomen and hind wings cinereous. Fore wings with 

 indistinct whitish denticulated lines, which are accompanied by 

 black specks; reniform mark indicated by white points. Hind 

 wings with a darker line, which can hardly be traced on the upper 

 side. Length of the body 3 J lines; of the wings 7 lines. 



a, b. Ceylon. From Mr. Stevens' collection. 



