312 CATALOGUE OF 



Female. Blackish brown, with a cupreous tinge, luteous beneath. 

 Thorax luteous in front and on each side ; tegulae very long. Hind 

 borders of the abdominal segments white ; tip black. Legs luteous. 

 Wings with indistinct black marginal points ; fringe cinereous, 

 interlined. Fore wings interruptedly and irregularly luteous along 

 the costa, and with two irregular luteous bands ; the first attenuated 

 and abbreviated in front ; the second much abbreviated in front. 

 Hind wings with a dislocated luteous band. Length of the body 

 3 — 3| lines ; of the wings 7 — 8 lines. 



a — c. Ceylon. From Mr. Stevens' collection. 



d. Hiudostan. From Archdeacon Clerk's collection. 



Genus 2. RHODARIA. 



Corpus gracile. Proboscis robusta. Palpi lanceolati, pubes- 

 centes, snbascendentes ; articulus 3us acutus, brevissimus. Palpi 

 maxillares truncato-penicillati. Antennae maris subpubescentes. 

 Abdomen attenuatum, alas posticas plus minusve superans. Pedes 

 graciles, longiusculi, nudi. Alae sericeae, sat angustae, saepissime 

 plus niinusvae roseae ; anticae acutae, margine exteriore sat oblique. 



Pyrausta, p., Treit. 



Ostiiuis et Syllythria, p., Hubn. Verz. Schm. 349, 360. 

 Rhodaria, Guen. Cat. Dup. 199 ; Belt, et Pyral. 168. 

 Botys, p., Herr.-Schceff. 



Body slender. Proboscis stout, moderately long. Palpi lan- 

 ceolate, pubescent, slightly ascending, a little longer than the breadth 

 of the head ; third joint acute, about one-fourth of the length of the 

 second. Maxillary palpi forming a truncate pencil. Antennae mi- 

 nutely pubescent in the male. Abdomen attenuated, extending 

 more or less beyond the hind wings. Legs, slender, bare, rather 

 long; spurs moderately long. Wings silky, rather narrow, mode- 

 rately long. Fore wings acute ; exterior border rather oblique. 



Europe, 



A. Statura magna. - - - - - palustralis, Hubn. 



B. Statura parva 



A. Alae anticae lineis fuscis roseo marginatis. dulcinalis, Treit. 



B. Alae anticae lineis roseis. 



a. Alae anticae fascia unica. - castalis, Treit. 



