1028 CATALOGUE OP 



sat late pectinatae, apices versus subpectinatae. Abdomen alas pos- 

 ticas vix superans. Pedes longi; tibiae posticae calcaribus longis 

 apicalibus. Alae sat latae. 



Male. Body stout. Proboscis very short. Palpi short, very 

 hairy; second joint much longer than the first; third very small. 

 Antennae rather deeply pectinated to half the length, where the 

 branches become abruptly short. Abdomen hardly extending 

 beyond the hind wings. Legs long ; hind tibiae with long apical 

 spurs. Wings moderately broad. Fore wings with the first, second 

 and third inferior veins near together at the base ; fourth about four 

 times further from the third than the second is from the first. 



1. THIACIDAS POSTICA. 



Mas. Fusco-cinerea, tarsi cani, fasciis nigris ; alee antica vitta 

 discali ferruginea, lineisque tribus obliquis undulosis nigris, 

 la valde contorta, 3a subduplicata strigifera, litura discali 

 guttisque marginalibus exterioribus ; posticae albidce, guttis 

 marginalibus unaque discali nigris. 



Male. Brownish gray. Tarsi hoary, with black bands. Fore 

 wings with a ferruginous discal streak and with three oblique 

 slender undulating black stripes ; the first much contorted ; the 

 second more slightly curved; the third indistinctly double, with 

 more numerous flexures, and emitting some streaks towards the tip 

 of the wing ; a slight black mark on the discal areolet, and a row of 

 black dots along the exterior border. Hind wings whitish, with a 

 brown tinge along the inner half of the exterior border, and with a 

 black discal dot and black marginal dots. Length of the body 

 5 lines ; of the wings 15 lines. 



a. Nepaul. From Mr. Saunders' collection. 



Genus 26. EDEMA. 



Corpus sat validum. Palpi graciles, pilosi, caput superantes ; 

 articulus 3us lanceolatus. Abdomen alas posticas paullo superans. 

 Pedes graciles ; tibiae posticae calcaribus quatuor longis. Alae vix 

 latae, apud costam reetae, apice subangulatae, margine exteriore 

 obliquo et subconvexo. Mas. — Palpi ascendentes, longiores. An- 

 tennae subpectinatae, corporis dimidio longiores. Fcem. — Palpi por- 

 recti, breviores. Antennae sirnplices, corporis dimidio breviores. 



Phalaena, p., Abbot fy Smith. 

 Hybouia, p., H'ubn. Verz. Schmett. 200. 



