442 CATALOGUE OF 



12. Cataclysta Calistoalis. 



Fcem. Ochracea ; palpi arcuati, erecti, sat validi ; articulus lu$ 

 apice latus ; 3us lanceolatus, 2o brevior ; antennae crassce, in- 

 curvce ; thorax albido vittatus ; abdomen albido fasciatum ; 

 pedes robusti y tibiis tarsisque anticis nigro punctatis ; alee 

 punctis marginalibus nigris ; anticce squamis nigris strigatce, 

 Uriels duabus saturate ochraceis, linea interiore strigis exte- 

 rioribus lineaque submarginali argenteis ; posticce costa mar- 

 gineque interiore latissime albo hyalinis, plumis discalibus 

 nigris, linea saturate ochracea lineaque argentea connexis, 

 linea submarginali argentea postice aurea. 



Female. Bright ochraceous, pale beneath. Head testaceous 

 about the eyes. Palpi curved, vertical, moderately stout ; first 

 joint triangular, broad at the tip ; third lanceolate, shorter than the 

 second. Antennae thick, prismatic, somewhat convoluted. Thorax 

 with whitish stripes. Abdomen not extending beyond the hind 

 wings; hind borders of the segments whitish. Legs rather stout ; 

 fore tibiae and fore tarsi with black points. Fore wings with black 

 speckles, which form streaks near the base and in the exterior part ; 

 two deep ochraceous parallel and nearly upright lines, the interior 

 one with a silvery line on its inner side ; one silvery streak between 

 the two lines, and four between the exterior line and the silvery 

 submarginal line, which has a dusky interior border ; exterior bor- 

 der dusky, with transverse black points. Hind wings broadly 

 white and hyaline along the costa and along the interior border ; a 

 tuft of long plumose black hairs on the interior disk ; a deep ochra- 

 ceous middle line, bordered on its outer side by a silvery line ; a 

 silvery submarginal line with elongated black points, changing 

 hindward to a gilded line with round black points. Length of the 

 body 3 lines ; of the wings 8 lines. 



a. Santarem. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



13. Cataclysta Pantheralis. 



Fcem. Albida ; palpi graciles, areuati, erecti, breviusculi ; arti- 

 culus Sus lanceolatus, 2i dimidio non longior ; abdomen alas 

 poslicas perpaullo superans ; alee anticce costce dimidio basali y 

 strigisque duabus obliquis fuscescentibus, fascia submarginali 

 lanceolata pallide lutea extus fusco marginata, vitta postica 

 arcuata pallidissime lutea ; posticce fasciis duabus undulatis 

 pallide Inters vix fusees cente marginatis, squamis exterioribus 

 nigris, margine atro annulos quatuor purpureos micantes 

 includente. 



