1114 CATALOGUE OF 



Fore wings almost straight along the costa, rounded at the tips, 

 slightly convex and not oblique along the exterior border ; interior 

 angle rounded ; first and second inferior veins approximate at the 

 base ; third nearer to the second than to the fourth. Male. — An- 

 tennae deeply pectinated to three-fourths of the length, minutely 

 pectinated from thence to the tips. Female. — Antennae simple. 



1. fcUSICA PALLIDA. 



Mas. Pallide testacea ; palpi pedesque ex parte albo pilosi ; ab- 

 domen apice fuscescens ; alee antica fusco conspersa?, posticce 

 fuscescentes. 



Male. Pale testaceous. Palpi and legs partly clothed with 

 white hairs. Autennae whitish, with testaceous branches. Abdomen 

 brownish towards the tip. Fore wings with dark brown flecks, 

 which are most prevalent in front towards the base, and form a slen- 

 der upright subapical band ; under side darker testaceous, shining, 

 brown towards the base. Hind wings brownish ; under side tes- 

 taceous, shining, slightly flecked with brown. Length of the body 

 4 lines ; of the wings 10 lines. 



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



b. North India. From Mr. L. James' collection. 



Genus 9. EOMOSA. 



Mas. Corpus robustum. Proboscis non conspicua. Palpi 

 porrecti, subarcuati, caput non superantes ; articulus 3us conicus, 

 minimus. Antennae sat late pectinatae, thorace paullo breviores. 

 Abdomen alas posticas paullo superans. Pedes validi, late ciliatae ; 

 tibiae posticae calcaribus quatuor mediocriter longis; alae vix latae ; 

 anticae apud costam rectae, apice rotundatae, margine exteriore ob- 

 liquo vix convexo. 



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

 slightly curved, extending as far as the head ; third joint conical, 

 very minute. Antennae rather deeply pectinated, a little shorter 

 than the thorax. Abdomen extending for one-fourth of its length 

 beyond the hind wings. Legs stout, deeply ciliated ; hind tibiae 

 with four moderately long spurs. Wings hardly broad. Fore 

 wings straight in front, rounded at the tips, oblique and very slightly 

 convex along the exterior border ; interior angle rounded ; first and 

 second inferior veins approximate at the base; third and fourth 

 united towards the base, and thus forming a common petiole. 



