﻿1108 catalogue of 



1. Ercheia diveesipennis. 



Fcem. Pallidissime fusca, subtus alhida; palpi nigro trifasciati; 

 thorax nigro bivittatus ; alee anticce fusco obscuro subnebu- 

 losce, strigis nonnuUis liturisque tribus apud angulum inte- 

 riorem nigris ; posticcB (sneo-fusccB, basi cinerece^ fascia 

 maculisque duabus albis, subtus albidce fasciis duabus fuscis. 



Female. Very pale brown, whitish beneath. Palpi with three 

 blackish bands. Thorax with a black stripe on each side. Crests 

 of the abdomen with blackish tips. Fore wings partly and slightly 

 clouded with dark brown, adorned with some blackish streaks, of 

 which the most conspicuous are near the interior border; three 

 transverse black marks near the interior angle. Hind wings aeneous- 

 brown, cinereous towards the base, with a white band and with two 

 white spots, one marginal, the other submarginal; under side 

 whitish, with two brown bands. Length of the body 8 lines ; of the 

 wings 19 lines. 



a, Ceylon. Presented by R. Templeton, Esq. 



Genus 21. PLOTHEIA. 



Fcem, Corpus vix robustum. Caput fasciculo longo porrecto. 

 Proboscis brevis. Palpi porrecti, longiusculi ; articulus 3us linearis, 

 compressus, 2o non brevior. Antennae sat validae, corporis dimidio 

 breviores. Abdomen subcarinatum, alas posticas plus triente supe- 

 rans. Pedes sat validi ; antici pilis longis ; tibiae posticae calcari- 

 bus elongatis. Alae angustae, subdenticulatae ; anticae apud costam 

 vix convexae, apice subangulatae, margine exteriore convexo sub- 

 obliquo. 



Female, Body hardly stout. Head with a long porrect tuft. 

 Proboscis short. Palpi porrect, rather long ; third joint linear, 

 compressed, as long as the second. Antennas simple, rather stout, 

 less than half the length of the body. Abdomen slightly keeled, 

 extending for more than one-third of its length beyond the hind 

 wings. Legs rather stout; fore femora and fore tibiae with long 

 hairs ; hind tibiae with long spurs. Wings narrow, slightly denti- 

 culated. Fore wings hardly convex in front, slightly angular 

 at the tips, convex and slightly oblique along the exterior border. 



