1092 CATALOGUE OF 



Body moderately stout. Proboscis very short. Palpi mode- 

 rately long, porrect, very hairy, extending beyond the head ; second 

 joint very much longer than the first ; third very minute. Abdomen 

 extending a little beyond the hind wings. Legs rather stout, clothed 

 with long hairs; hind tibiae with four small spurs. Fore wings 

 rather long and narrow, slightly acuminated ; exterior border some- 

 what oblique and slightly concave; three inferior veins ; first and 

 second contiguous at the base ; third remote. Male. — Antennae 

 moderately pectinated, about half the length of the body ; branches 

 stout, very setose. Female, — Antennae subpectinated, less than half 

 the length of the body. 



1. Anticyra combusta. 



Testacea ; caput antice thoracisque latera fulva ; abdomen luteum, 

 subtus albidum, maculis lateralibus nigris ; alee anticce strigis 

 basalibus vitta discali margineque exteriore fuscis. 



Testaceous. Head in front and antennae tawny. Thorax 

 tawny on each side. Abdomen luteous, whitish beneath, with a row 

 of black spots along each side. Fore wings streaked with brown in 

 front at the base, dark brown along the exterior border, whence a 

 brown attenuated stripe proceeds through the disk towards the base. 

 Length of the body 6—7 lines ; of the wings 20 — 22 lines. 



a. Philippine Islands. Presented by J. C. Bowring, Esq. 

 6. New Ireland ? Presented by W. Wilson Saunders, Esq. 



Genus 71. APELA. 



Fcem. Corpus sat robustum. Proboscis longiuscula. Palpi 

 elongati, vix ascendentes ; articulus 3us minimus. Antennae sim- 

 plices, corporis dimidio aequales. Abdomen alas posticas non supe- 

 rans. Pedes graciles ; tibiae posticae calcaribus quatuor longis. 

 Alae latiusculae; antieae apud costam convexae, margine interiore 

 concavo et fasciculato. 



Female. Body moderately stout. Proboscis rather long. Palpi 

 elongate, very slightly ascending ; second joint very much longer 

 than the first; third very minute. Antennae simple, about half the 

 length of the body. Abdomen extending as far as the hind wings. 

 Legs slender; hind tibiae with four long spurs. Wings rather 

 broad. Fore wings convex along the costa ; interior border pro- 

 duced into a fasciculate tooth, concave for a space beyond. 



