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CATALOGUE OF 



third joint very minute. Maxillary palpi obsolete. Antennas 

 slender, cylindrical. Abdomen slightly keeled, often spotted, ex-' 

 tending; somewhat beyond the hind wings, slightly elevated at the 

 tip. Legs smooth, moderately long and stout, with unequal spurs. 

 Wings oblong, pale, with numerous dark dots, often with a gilded 

 border. Fore wings somewhat rounded at the tips; exterior border 

 slightly or moderately oblique. 



1. ASTURA ELEVALIS. 



Croceo-lutea corpore alisque purpureo guitatis, palpis purpureis 

 bast subtus albidis, femoribus anticis purpureis, tibiis tarsis- 

 que anticis purpureo fasciatis, alis linea marginali aurata 

 micante. 



Phalsena elevata, Fabr. EnU Syst. iii. 2, 216, 325. 

 Astura eleralis, Guen. DelL ei Pyral. 319, 345. 

 Cayenne. 



a. Para. Presented by Gordon Graham, Esq. 



b. Ega. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



2. Astura fimbriauralis. 



Var. ? Pallide flava, nigro maculata ; ala> sat angustae, linea 

 extenore vaga punctisque submarginalibus nigro-purpureis 

 fimbria basi aurata micante; antica annulis incompletis aut 

 connexis slrigaque discali nigro-purpureis. 

 Astura fimbriauralis, Guen. Belt, et Pyral. 319, 346. 



a. Jamaica. From Mr. Gosse's collection. 



b. St. Domingo. From Mr. Tweedie's collection. 



c. Para. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



3. Astura punctieeralis, 



Pallide flava, nigro punctata; palpi ascendentes, arcuati ; alee 

 punctis hneas obliquas plus minusve fingentibus. Mas.— 



Abdominis fasciculus apicalis ex parte niger. Var. (3. Alee 



anticce plaga discali maxima fusca, 



Astura punctiferalis, Guen. Belt, et Pyral. 320, 347. 



