844 CATALOGUE OF 



Body moderately stout. Proboscis and palpi very short, the 

 latter very pilose. Thorax on each side with a tuft of long vertical 

 hairs. Abdomen thickly tufted at the tip, not extending beyond 

 the abdomen. Legs slender, rather long; hind tibiae with minute 

 apical spurs. Wings rather broad. Fore wings with the second 

 inferior vein about twice further from the third than from the first; 

 third more than twice further from the fourth than from the second. 

 Male. — Antennae rather deeply pectinated. Female. — Antennas 

 hardly pectinated. 



1. Carama Sparshalli. 



Mas et foem. Argenteo-alba, nitens ; caput antice subtusque nec- 

 non pedes antici supra nigricantia ; vertex et abdominis dis- 

 cus citrini ; antennce Intern. 



Var. (3. Antenna testacece. 



Var. y. Caput subtus fuscum ; palpi fusci ; pedes antici fusco 

 vittati. 



Arcturus Sparshalli, Curt. Brit. Ent. vii. 336. 



Male and fern. Pure silvery white, shining. Head in front 

 and beneath and fore legs above blackish. Vertex and disk of the 

 abdomen lemon-colour. Antennae luteous. Length of the body 

 3J — 8 lines ; of the wings 12 — 18 lines. 



Var. /3. Antennae testaceous. 



Var. y. Head brown beneath. Palpi brown. Fore legs 

 striped with brown. 



a. Para. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



b, c. Santarem. From Mr. Bates' collection. 

 h-j. ? 



Genus 43. TEICHETKA. 



Corpus sat robustum. Caput et thorax pilis longissimis ves- 

 tita. Palpi pilosissimi. Pedes dense hirti ; tibiae posticae calcaribus 

 minutis apicalibus. Alae sat angustas. Mas. — Antennas late pecti- 

 nate, corporis dimidio paullo longiores. Abdomen alas posticas 

 non superans, apice fasciculatum. Foem.— Antennae subpectinatas, 

 corporis dimidio non longiores. Abdomen alas posticas paullo supe- 

 rans, apice clensissime lanuginosum. 



Trichetra, p., Westw. Intr. Class. Ins. 92. 



Body rather stout. Head and thorax clothed with very long 

 hairs. Proboscis and palpi very short, the latter very hairy. Legs 



