1106 CATALOGUE OF 



Male. Brown, paler beneath. Palpi blackish, with a whitish 

 subapical band. Antenna? whitish. Abdomen ferruginous -brown 

 above, with a blackish stripe ; under side with a whitish stripe. 

 Fore wings with some whitish hairs along the costa ; veins some- 

 what testaceous. Length of the body 6 lines ; of the wings 14 lines. 



a. North China. From Mr. Cuming's collection. 



Genus 2. DALCERA. 



Mas. Corpus gracile. Proboscis non conspicua. Palpi gra- 

 ciles, caput vix superantes ; articulus 3us parvus, acuminatus. An- 

 tennae filiformes, plus minusve peetinata?. Pedes graciles. Ala? 

 lata?; anticae apud costam recta?, apicerotundata?,margineexteriore 

 sat obliquo ; posticae abdomen superantes. 



Dalcera, Herr.-Schceff. Lep. Exot. Sp. Ser. 1. 



Male. Body slender. Proboscis obsolete ? Palpi slender, 

 hardly extending beyond the head ; second joint much longer than 

 the first ; third small, acuminated. Abdomen not extending so far 

 as the hind wings. Legs slender. Wings broad. Fore wings 

 convex in front, rounded at the tips, rather oblique along the exte- 

 rior border; three inferior veins; second as far from the first as 

 from the third. 



1. Dalcera abrasa. 



Mas. Lutea ; antennae nigrce, mediocriter pectinatce, apice sub- 

 fasciculatce ; thorax antice pallide flavus, maculis duabus 

 later alibus fuscis ; alee anticce testacece, apud costam pallide 

 flavce, litura obliqua, vitta discali margineque exteriore fuscis. 



Dalcera abrasa, Herr.-Schceff. Lep. Exot. Sp. Ser t 1, f. 180. 



Colombia. 



Male. Luteous. Antenna? black, moderately pectinated, 

 slightly tufted at the tips. Thorax pale yellow in front ; on each 

 side a brown spot which joins the stripe on each fore wing. Tarsi 

 with black tips. Fore legs partly black. Fore wings testaceous, 

 pale yellow along the costa ; a small oblique discal mark ; a middle 

 stripe and the exterior border brown. Length of the body 5 — 6 

 lines; of the wings 14—16 lines. 



a. Santarem. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



b. ? 



