11 (>6 CATALOGUE OF 



Genus 2. ORETA. 



Corpus sat robiistum. Proboscis non conspicua. Palpi breves, 

 caput non superantes ; artioulus 3us minimus. Antennae thorace 

 paullo longiores, Pedes validi, pilosi ; tibiss posticus calcaribus 

 duobus minimis apicalibus. Abe latetej anticee apud costam vix 

 con vex as, apice subfalcata?, margine exteriore undulates; postices 

 abdomen superantes. Mas, — Antenna? mediocriter pectinate, 

 Fcem. — Antennae subpectinatse. 



Body moderately stout. Proboscis not visible. Palpi short, 

 not extending beyond the bead ; third joint very small. An ten n 80 

 rather longer than the thorax. Abdomen not extending so fax as 

 tbe bind wings. Legs stout, pilose; bind tibiae with two very 

 minute apical spurs. Wings broad. Fore wings hardly convex in 

 front, slightly falcate at the tips, undulating along the exterior bor- 

 der ; interior angle distinct, obtuse ; first and second inferior veins 

 nearly contiguous at the base; third more or less further from tin- 

 fourth than from the second* Male, — Antennas moderately pec- 

 tinated. Female, — Antennas minutely pectinated. 



Asia. 



A. Ala? longiusculffi cxtensa, Walk. 



15. Abe breviusculee. 



A. Abe an tic 83 sinu antico apud marginem cxteriorem bene deter- 



in inato. __--.- obtusa, Walk. 



B. Alac antics sinu non bene determinate. - sufFusa, Walk. 



I. Ou ETA EXTENSA. 



Mas. Ilvfo-ccrvina ; caput et pedes antici rufa ; thorax antice 

 albido varius ; ahc anticee bad ex parte fas claque recta gracili 

 obliqua Jlavis ; posticceflava guttis rufescentious, 



Male. Reddish fawn-colour. Head and fore legs red. Tho- 

 rax with whitish hairs in front. Fore wings partly yellow towards 

 tbe base, and with a straight slender oblique yellow band, which ex- 

 tends from near the tip of the costa to two-thirds of the length of 

 the interior border; tips somewhat obtuse; exterior border very 

 slightly undulating, slightly concave in front, more oblique than 

 that of the two following species. Hind wings mostly yellow, with 

 reddish dots. Length of the body (> lines; of the wings 16 lines. 



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



