﻿1454 CATALOGUE OF 



posticas non supevans. Pedes longi, nudi, gracillimi. Alae latae, 

 iDtegrae, ciliis latis duplicatis ; antic3B acuminatse, lituva discali 

 tri^ona, margine exleriore recto obliquo. Mas. — AntennsB pecti- 

 natae. 



Pelamia, Guen, Noct. iii. 286. 



Body rather slender. Proboscis short. Palpi short, rather 

 slender, obliquely ascending; third joint triangular, pilose, very 

 short. Antennae moderately long, pectinated in the male. Abdo- 

 men smooth, cylindrical, not extending beyond the hind wings, 

 acuminated in the female. Legs long, bare, very slender. Wings 

 broad, entire, with broad double cilise. Fore wings acuminated, 

 with a triangular discal mark ; exterior border straight, moderately 

 oblique. 



1. Pelamia phasianoides. 



Albido'cinerea ; alee anticce fusco conspersce, striga discali trigona 

 fusca et linea angulata pallida connexis, linea suhmarginaii 

 pallida subrecta atomis fuscis marginata ; posticce pallide 

 straminece, e atomis fuscis bifasciatce. 



Pelamia phasianoides, Guen. Noct. iii. 286, 1732. 



Monte Video. Paraguay. 



Genus 4. CEROCALA. 



Corpus sat gracile. Proboscis mediocris. Palpi longi, por- 

 lecti ; articulus 3us gracilis, linearis, oblique truncatus, 2o vix 

 brevior. Antennae corporis dimidio valde longiores. Abdomen 

 alas posticas non superans. Pedes graciles, longiusculi, vix pilosi ; 

 libiaB posticae calcaribus longis. Alae latiusculae, ciliis longis ; 

 anticae apice rotundatae, margine exteriore convexo obliquo vix 

 denticulate. Mas. — Antennae pectinatae. Abdomen lanceolatum. 

 Fcem. — Antennae subciliatae. Abdomen longi-conicum. 



Cerocala, Boisd. Ind, Meth. ; Dup.; Guen, Ann, Soc, EnL Fr, x. 



73 ; Noct. iii. 286. 

 Callistege, p., Hiibn. Verz, Schmett. 281. 

 Ophiusa, p., Treit. 



Body somewhat slender. Proboscis moderately long. Palpi 

 long, porrect; third joint slender, linear, obliquely truncate at the 

 tip, nearly as long as the second. Antennae much more than half 

 the length of the body, pectinated in the male, very minutely 

 ciliated in the female. Abdomen not extending beyond the hind 



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