1456 CATALOGUE Of 



Group 1. 



Masetfoem. Palpi porrecti, crassi, caput paullo superantes. 

 Antennae tborace paullo longiores. Alae lata?, longiusculae ; anticae 

 subacuminatae, apud costam vix convexae, margine exteriore sub- 

 recto sat obliquo ; posticae apud costam undulatae. Mas. — Antennae 

 late pectinatae. Abdomen robustum, alas posticas superans. 

 Fcem. — Antennae mediocriter pectinatae, alas posticas non superans. 



Male and female. Palpi porrect, very stout, extending a little 

 beyond the head. Antennae a little longer than the thorax. Wings 

 broad, rather long. Fore wings hardly convex in front, slightly 

 acuminated at the tips, nearly straight and rather oblique along the 

 exterior border; first and second inferior veins near together at the 

 base ; third remote. Hind wings undulating along the costa. 

 Male. — Antennae deeply pectinated. Abdomen stout, extending 

 rather beyond the hind wings. Female. — Antennae moderately 

 pectinated. Abdomen thick, not extending so far as the hind 



3. Lebeda nobilis. 



Mas et foem. Pallide fusca ; antenna testacece ; thorax fascia 

 obscuriore ; pedes ferrugineo-f usci , tarsis cinereis ; alee anticce 

 vitta discali obscure fusca, fasciis quatuor pallidioribus 

 unaque obscuriore, guttaque discali trigona argentea ; posticce 

 obscure fuscce fasciis duabus pallidioribus, ciliis albidis. 

 Mas. — Obscurior. Fcem. — Pallidior. 



Male. Palpi brown. Antennae testaceous. Thorax with a 

 darker brown band. Abdomen a little darker than the thorax. 

 Legs ferruginous-brown ; tarsi cinereous. Fore wings with a dark 

 brown discal stripe and an irregular dark brown band near the ex- 

 terior border, also with four paler brown slender bands ; two before 

 the middle ; the other two beyond, more oblique and somewhat un- 

 dulating; a silvery white triangular discal dot; an interrupted 

 transverse blackish brown streak by the end of the interior border. 

 Hind wings dark brown, with white ciliae and with two pale curved 

 bands; wings beneath dark brown, pale brown on the exterior third 

 part, with two still paler bands, which correspond to those above. 

 Female. — Like the male in the markings, but with much paler 

 colours ; exterior bands of the fore wings less undulating. Length 

 of the body 19—23 lines ; of the wings 42—60 lines. 



