1068 CATALOGUE OF 



round. Hind wings whitish, with broad brown borders. Length 

 of the body 6 lines ; of the wings 15 lines. 



a. Para. From Mr. Stevens' collection. 



2. Lusuea ? Altrix. 



Fusca ; abdomen fulvescens ; alee anticce maculis costalibus, linea 

 submarginali, fasciisque duabus incompletis unaque Integra 

 nigris ; posticce alba, cinereo latissime marginatce. 



Phalaena-Bombyx Altrix, Cram. Pap. Exot. iv. 36, pi. 307, f. 9. 

 Gynaephora Altrix, Hubn. Verz. Schmett. (Phalcerue Vera Dasy- 

 chirce Color atce) 161, 1675. 



Surinam. 



Genus 49. THOSEA. 



Mas. Corpus robustum. Proboscis non conspicua. Palpi 

 crassi, pilosi, porrecti, caput superantes ; articulus 3us parvus, 

 obtusus. Antennae simplices, graciles, thorace paullo longiores. 

 Abdomen alas posticas non superans. Pedes validi, pilosi ; tibiae 

 posticae calearibus quatuor longiusculis. Alae latiusculae ; anticae 

 apud costam rectae, apice vix angulatae, margine exteriore obliquo 

 integro, interiore non fasciculato. 



Male. Body stout. Proboscis not visible. Palpi stout, 

 pilose, porrect, extending some distance beyond the head ; third 

 joint small, obtuse. Antennae slender, simple, a little longer than 

 the thorax. Abdomen hardly extending as far as the hind wings. 

 Legs stout, pilose ; hind tibiae with four rather long spurs. Wings 

 rather broad. Fore wings straight along the costa, hardly angular 

 at the tips, oblique and entire along the exterior border ; interior 

 angle rounded ; interior border not tufted ; second inferior vein 

 much nearer to the first than to the third ; third much nearer to the 

 second than to the fourth. 



1. Those a unifascia. 



Mas. Cervina ; alee anticce fusco subconspersce necnon gutta dis- 

 cali fasciaque obliqua Integra fuscis. 



Male. Fawn-colour. Fore wings and the under side of the 

 hind wings thinly sprinkled with brown. Fore wings with a discal 

 brown dot, beyond which there is a slender oblique straight brown 

 band. Length of the body 6J lines ; of the wings 16 lines. 



a. East Indies. From Archdeacon Clerk's collection. 



