1504 



CATALOGUE OF 



a, b, Brazil. From M. Becker's collection. 

 c. Rio Janeiro. From Mr. Stevens' collection. 



Genus 37. NETRIA. 



Fcem. Corpus robustum. Caput apud antennas bifascicula- 

 turn. Proboscis non conspicua. Palpi breves, porrecti, caput nonf 

 superantes. Antennae late pectinatae, apice nudae, thorace paullofl 

 longiores. Pedes validi, pilosi ; tibiae posticae calcaribus duobusj 

 apicalibus mediocriter longis. Alae longae, angustae ; anticae apudi 

 costam subconvexae, apicesubacuminata^ margine exteriore subrectol 

 perobliquo ; posticae abdomen non superantes. 



Female. Body tbick. Head with a tuft on each side by theH 

 base of the antennae. Proboscis not visible. Palpi porrect, not ex-| 

 tending so far as the head ; third joint short, conical. Antennae 

 deeply pectinated, bare at the tips, a little longer than the thorax. 

 Abdomen extending as far as the hind win^s. Legs stout, pilose ; 

 hind tibiae with two moderately long apical spurs. Wings narrow, 

 rather long. Fore wings slightly convex in front, slightly acumi- 

 nated at the tips, nearly straight and extremely oblique along the 

 exterior border, clothed with long hairs beneath towards the costa ; 

 second inferior vein about thrice further from the third than the) 

 first. 



1. NETEIA VTEIDESCENS. 



Foem. Fusca, subtus fusco-albida ; antennce ferruginece ; alee an- 

 ticcB obscure vir ides, tinea undulosa marginali fusca fasciisque 

 duahus fusco-viridibus fusco marginatis, \a basali angusta, 2a 

 discali latissima. 



Female. Brown, mostly whitish beneath, except towards the 

 borders of the wings. Antennae ferruginous. Fore wings dull 

 green, slightly sprinkled with brown, and with two more thickly 

 brown-sprinkled brown-bordered bands, with undulating borders; 

 first narrow, near the base ; the second in the disk, extremely broad j 

 an undulating brown line along the exterior border. Length of the \ 

 body 10 lines; of the wings 34 lines. 



a. Java. From the East India Company's collection. 



