﻿1234 CATALOGUE OF 



Genus 5. POTAMOPHORA. 



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Corpus robustuin. Proboscis longiuscula. Palpi ascend entes, 

 validi, pilosi ; articulus 3us gracilis, clavatus, 2i dimidio brevior. 

 Antennae corporis dimidio multo longiores. Abdomen alas posticas 

 non superans. Pedes validi, pilosissimi ; tibiae posticae calcaribus 

 longis. Alae anticae apud costse apicem convexae, margine exteriore 

 subrecto sat obliquo. Mas. — Antennae ciliato serratae. Fcem. — 

 Antennae simplices. Alee anticae subhamatae. 



Iscbyja, p., Hubn, Verz, Schmett, 265. 

 Potamophora, Guen. Nod. ii. 122. 



Body stout. Proboscis ralber long. Palpi ascending, stout, 

 pilose ; tbird joint slender, clavate, ratber less than balf the length 

 of the second. Antennae stout, much more than half the length of 

 the body. Abdomen not extending beyond the hind ^ings. Legs 

 stout, very densely pilose ; hind tibiae with long spurs. Wings of 

 moderate size. Fore wings convex tovs^ards the tip of the costa, 

 almost straight and rather oblique abng the exterior border. Male, 

 — Antennae serrated with short bristles. Female, — Antennae 

 simple. Fore wings slightly hooked. 



1 . Potamophora manlia. 



Fusca ; alee anticce extus pallidiores^ fasciis dnahus ohliquis oh- 

 scMriorihns^ la recta, 2a midulata ; postica fascia hrevi latst 

 cyanea, Mas. — Alee anticce apud discum interiorem plm 

 minusve atro signatce, 



Phalaena-Noctua Manlia, Cram, Pap, Exot. i. 144, pi. 92, f. A. 

 Noctua Manlia, Fahr, Ent, Syst, iii. 2, 28, &b. Oliv, Enc. Meth, 



viii. 82. 

 Iscbyja Manlia, Huhn. Verz, Schmett. 265, 2602. 

 Potamophora Manlia, Gueji, Noct, iii. 123. 



a-^c, Silhet. From the Rev. J. Stainforlh's collection. 



rf, e. Silhet. From Mr. Sowerby's collection. 



/. Hindostan. From Archdeacon Clerk's collection. 



g — i. Ceylon. Presented by R. Templeton, Esq. 



j, Sarawak, Borneo, From Mr. Stevens' collection. 



k, Silhet. Presented by J. C. Dale, Esq. 



/. Ceylon. From Mr. Stevens' collection. 



m. Hong Kong. Presented by Lieut.-Col. Champion. 



