994 CATALOGUE OF 



apparent beneath. Length of the body 9 lines ; of the wings 24 

 lines. 



Kio Janeiro. In Mr. Fry's collection. 



Genus 7. CLATHE. 



Mas. Corpus sat validum, dense pilosum. Proboscis obsoleta. 

 Palpi porrecti, pilosi, caput superantes; articulus 3us lanceolatus. 

 Antennae subpectinatse, thorace non longiores. Abdomen cristatum, 

 alas posticas paullo superans. Pedes validi ; tibiae posticae calcari- 

 bus duobus apicalibus parvis. Alae latiusculae ; anticae apud costam 

 vix convexae, apice rotundatae, margine exteriore obliquo. 



Male. Body thickly pilose, rather stout. Proboscis not visible 

 Palpi porrect, clothed with long hairs, extending rather beyond the 

 head ; third joint lanceolate. Antennae minutely pectinated, not 

 longer than the thorax. Abdomen crested along the back, extend- 

 ing for one-fourth of its length beyond the hind wings. Legs 

 stout ; femora and tibiae with long hairs ; hind tibiae with two rather 

 short apical spurs. Win^s rather broad. Fore wings hardly con- 

 vex along the costa, rounded at the tips, oblique along the exterior 

 border; interior angle rounded; discal areolet intersected by a 

 secondary vein ; three inferior veins ; second more than twice further 

 from the third than from the first. 



1. Clathe aeida. 



Mas. Albida, fascia pallide cervina ; palpi cervini ; antenna; 

 fuscce ; pedes pallide cervini, pilis longis alhidis vestiti ; tarsi 

 fusco fasciali ; alee cervino conspersce ; anticoe fascia atomaria 

 perobliqua fusca ; posticce cervino bifasciata?. 



Male. Whitish. Palpi fawn-colour. Antennae brown. Tho- 

 rax and abdomen with a pale fawn-coloured dorsal stripe. Legs 

 pale fawn-colour, with long whitish hairs ; tarsi with brown bands. 

 Wings with brown bands on the fringe. Fore wings with fawn- 

 coloured flecks, which are most numerous in front, and with an in- 

 terrupted very oblique band of brown flecks, which extends from 

 near the tip of the costa to the middle of the interior border, where 

 it is most conspicuous. Hind wings with two indistinct pale fawn- 

 coloured bands. Length of the body 8 lines ; of the wings 18 lines. 



