﻿LEPIDOPTEKA HETEKOCL.RA. 1543 



Genus 4. CLATERNA. 



Mas. Corpus sat s^racile. Proboscis brevis. Palpi lonofi, 

 erecti, compressi, pubescentes ; articulus 2us subpilosus ; 3us ensi- 

 formis, 2o valde brevior. Antennae setaceae, graciles, sat lon^ae, 

 setis longiusculis remotis. Abdomen Ixne, lanceolatum, subcom- 

 pressum, alas posticas superans. Pedes subpilosi, sat g:raciles ; 

 tibiae posticae calcaribuslongissimis. Alee integrae, ohlongae; antic® 

 apice reclangulatae, margine exteriore subtlexo antice recto postice 

 subconcavo perobliquo ; poslic^e margine exteriore apicali sub- 

 truncato. 



3Iale. Body ratber slender. Proboscis sbort. Palpi long, 

 vertical, compressed, pubescent; second joint with sbort closely 

 applied hairs beneath; third ensiform, much shorter and more 

 slender than tbe second. Antennae setaceous, slender, much more 

 than half the length of tbe body, with ratber long setae, which are 

 remote from eacb other. Abdomen smooth, lanceolate, slightly 

 compressed, extending somewbat beyond the hind wings. Legs 

 moderately long, ratber slender, slightly pilose ; hind tibiee with 

 very long spurs. Wings entire, oblong. Fore wings rectangular at 

 the tips, straight along the exterior border to the middle, where they 

 are slightly bent, very oblique and slii^htly concave from thence 

 hindward. Hind wings with the apical part of the exterior border 

 slightly truncated. 



1. Claterna exagens. 



Mas. Albido-cervina ; palpi et pedes antici ohscuriores ; pectoris 

 lalera suhlutea ; abdominis segmenta alio marginata ; tarsi 

 candidi ; alee lineis interiore et exteriore fuscescentihus iindu- 

 latis, hac diiplicata albo late marginata ; anticce litura costali 

 oblique divisa, plaga trigona costali subapicali guttisque 

 duabus contiguis candidis, orbiculari et reniformi subobso- 

 letis ; posticcB spatio antico lineaque submarginali albis. 



Male. Whitish fawn-colour. Palpi and fore legs somewhat 

 darker. Hind borders of the abdominal segments white. Pectus 

 with a pale luteous tinge on each side, extending to the base of the 

 wings. Tarsi bright white. Wings with the interior and exterior 

 lines brownish, undulating ; the latter double and broadly bordered 

 with white. Fore wings with the exterior line ending in a snow- 

 white obliquely divided costal mark ; a snow-white triangular costal 

 subapical patch, with two dots behind it; orbicular and reniform 



