﻿1612 CATALOGUE OF 



Genus 25. GERTSA. 



Mas. Corpus sat validura. Fasciculis frontalis non acutus. 

 Proboscis brevis. Palpi corapressi, longiusculi, sat validi, sub- 

 erecti ; articulus 2us subtus pilosus ; 3us apicem versus sublatescens, 

 2i diraidio valde longior. Antennae subsetosse, setis rectis, corporis 

 dimidio paullo longiores. Thorax breviusculus. Abdomen Ion- 

 gum, attenuatum, alas posticas superans; fasciculus apicalis 

 longiusculus. Pedes raediocres, subpilosi ; tibiae posticae calcaribus 

 longis. Alae breviusculae, anlicae apice rectangulaias, apud costara 

 vix convexae, margine exteriore subconvexo vix obliquo. 



Male. Body somewhat stout. Frontal tuft not acute. Pro- 

 boscis short. Palpi compressed, rather long and stout, nearly vertical yt 

 second joint pilose beneath ; third pubescent, slightly widening I 

 towards the tip, much more than half the length of the second. An-I 

 tennae minutely setose, with straight bristles, a little more than half i 

 the length of the body. Thorax rather short. Abdomen long, 

 tapering, extending somewhat beyond the hind wings ; apical tuft 

 rather long. Legs moderately long and stout, slightly pilose; hind 

 tibiae with long spurs. Wings rather short. Fore wings hardly 

 convex along the costa ; tips rectangular ; exterior border slightly j 

 convex, very slightly oblique. 



1. Geeisa discerpta. V 



Mas. JFerrugineo-cervina, subtus cinerea ; palpi basi subtus 

 albidi ; femora albida; alee lineis fuscescentibus diffusis in- 

 distinctis undulatis denticulatis, linea submarginali diffusa 

 pallidiore nigro punctata^ lunulis marginalibus fuscescentibus 

 pallida marginatis ; anticce orbiculari e gutta fuscescente 

 pallida marginata, reniformi fuscescente marginata, 



Male, Ferruginous fawn-colour, cinereous beneath. Palpi 

 whitish beneath at the base. Femora whitish. Wings with the 

 lines brownish, diffuse, indistinct, undulating, denticulated ; sub- 

 marginal line diffuse, somewhat paler than the ground-colour, ac- 

 companied by black points; marginal lunules brownish, with paler 

 borders ; under side with the lines mostly obsolete. Fore wings 

 with the orbicular mark forming a brownish pale-bordered dot; 

 reniform with a brownish border. Length of the body 6 lines ; of 

 the wings 11 J lines, 

 a. Honduras. From Mr. Dyson's collection. | 



