﻿1486 CATALOGUE OF 



Country unknown, 

 15. Phurys laxa. 



Foem. Fuscescente-cinerea ; abdominis latera apice testaeea ; alee 

 anticcB suhelongatce^ subpurpurascenie-cinerece, fascia interiore 

 latissima obscure fusca postice dilatata testaceo intus margi- 

 nata^ linea exleriore obliqua obscure fusca extus pallidiore et 

 diffusa., reniformi fusco marginata, annulo postico fusco, 

 margine exteriore fusco, ciliis apice albido-cinereis ; posticce 

 fasciis duabus subpallidioribus. 



Female, Brownish cinereous, paler and with a slight tes- 

 taceous tinge beneath. Abdomen cinereous, testaceous on each 

 side towards the tip. Fore win<>s cinereous, with a slight lilac 

 tinge, somewhat prolonged towards the tips, with a very broad inte- 

 rior dark brown band, which widens from near the costa, where it is 

 obsolete, to the interior border, and is bordered with testaceous on 

 the interior side ; it partly includes the brown-bordered reniform 

 mark, which is contiguous to a hindward brown ringlet, the inner 

 side of the latter being contained in the above band ; exterior band 

 oblique, dark brown, paler and diffuse on its exterior side ; exterior 

 border brown ; cilisB whitish cinereous towards the tips. Hind 

 wings with two slightly paler bands, the exterior one marginal. 

 Length of the body 7 lines ; of the wings 18 lines. 



a, ? Presented by E. Doubleday, Esq. 



Genus 6. CELIPTERA. • 



Corpus sat gracile. Palpi erecti ; articulus 3us linearis, 

 appressus, squamosus, 2o vix brevior. Antennae longae, graciles, 

 fililormes, ciliis exi^uis non approximatis. Abdomen longum, 

 attenuatum, cylindricum, maris subconicum, abrupte acuminatum, 

 crista parva basali. Pedes longi ; tibiae lanuginosa?. Alae lalae ; 

 anticae acutse subfalcaias, litura reniformi distincta ; posticse rotun- 

 datae, subtus non pubescentes. 



Celiptera, Guen, Noct. iii. 308. 



Body rather slender. Palpi vertical ; third joint linear, 

 flattened, squamous, hardly shorter than the second. Antennae 

 long, slender, filiform, with isolated short and slender bristles. 

 Abdomen long, attenuated, cylindrical, subconical in the male, 



