1472 CATALOGUE OF 



6. Eriooaster? lanata. 



Cinerea. Mas. — Alee anticce costa pallida, margine interiore sub- 

 rufescente. Fcera. — Caput et thorax sordide rubra ; alee an- 

 ticce basi sordide rubrce, strigis marginalibus nigro-cinereis. 

 -, Merian, Surin. Ins. pi. 19. 



Phalaena-Bombyx lanata, Cram. Pap. Exot. iii. 130, 131, pi. 265 



f. f, g. * ■ ■■;■'■-" ' 



Bombyx lanata, Oliv. Enc. Mkh. v. 48, 91. 

 Megalopyge lanifera, H'ubn. Verz. Schmett. 185, 1907. 

 Surinam. 



• Africa. 



A. Alee non conspersae. - punctifascia, Walk. 



B. Alae fusco conspersae. - incompta, Walk. 



7. Eriogaster punctifascia. 

 Mas. Cervina ; antennce testaceee ; abdomen testaceum, apice pilis 

 lonyis vestitum, alas posticas triente superans ; alee anticce basi 

 costa ciliisque cinerascentibus, macula basali rufo-cervina, 

 fasciaque exteriore e guttis cinerascentibus ; posticce cervino- 

 albidce. Fee m. — Cervina ; antennce fulvescentes ; abdomen 

 testaceum ; alee anticce fasciis duabus angustis perobliquis 

 subundulosis obscurioribus. 



Male. Fawn-colour. Antennae testaceous. Abdomen testa- 

 ceous, clothed at the tip with long hairs, extending for one-third of 

 its length beyond the hind wings. Fore wings cinereous at the base 

 and along the costa, and on the ciliae, with a reddish fawn-coloured 

 spot at the base and with a slight exterior band composed of grayish 

 dots. Hind wings whitish fawn-colour. Length of the body 6 

 lines; of the wings 12 lines. Female.— Fawn-colour. Antennae 

 somewhat tawny. Abdomen testaceous. Fore wings with two slender 

 slightly undulating very oblique darker bands, the inner one across 

 the tip of the discal areolet, the other at half the distance between 

 the first and the exterior border. Length of the body 7 lines ; of 

 the wings 16 lines. 



a—c. Port Natal. From M. Gueinzius' collection. 



