﻿LEPIDOPTER.V HETEUOCERA. 1633 



Genus 30. EMPELATHRA. 



Mas, Corpus sat robustum. Fasciculus frontalis non por- 

 rectus nee acutus. Proboscis brevis. Palpi compressi, pubescentes, 

 suberecti, basi valde arcuati ; articulus 3us apicem versus vix dila- 

 tatus, 2i triente fere brevior. Antennae crenulataB, setis lon^^ius- 

 culis tenuissirais. Thorax squaraosus, breviusculus. Abdomen 

 subconicum, apice non fasciulatum, alas posticas non superans. 

 Pedes longiusculi, subpilosi, sat validi ; tibiae posticae calcaribus 

 longis. Alae amplas ; anticae apice rectangulalae, costa recla, 

 "margine exteriore subangulato. 



Male, Body rather stout. Frontal tuft not prominent nor 

 acute. Proboscis short. Palpi compressed, pubescent, moderately 

 long, almost vertical, much curved towards the base; third joint a 

 little wider towards the tip, which is rounded, hardly one-third of 

 the length of the second. Antennae crenulate, moderately long; the 

 bristles rather long and very slender. Thorax squamose, rather 

 short. Abdomen almost conical, not tufted at the tip, not extending 

 beyond the hind wings. Legs rather long and stout, slightly pilose ; 

 hind tibiae with long spurs. Wings ample. Fore wings with the 

 costa very straight, rectangular at the tips; exterior border not 

 oblique till the middle, very oblique from thence to the interior 

 angle. 



1. Empelathra amplificans. 



Mas. Ferrugineo-fusca, glauco-albo subconspersa^ subtus lutea ; 

 caput obscure Luteum ; palporum articulus 'dus fuscuSy albo 

 conspersus ; alcB lineis incompletis denticulatis fuscisj linea 

 submarginali pallida valde indistincta fusco punctata; aiilicce 

 subpurpurascentes, apud costam fuscce, linea exteriore antica 

 valde undulata, orbiculari e gutta fusca, reniformi peranguHa 

 albo bilineata ; posticce pallidiores, linea exteriore albo inter- 

 lineata. 



Male. Ferruginous-brown, slightly speckled with glaucous- 

 white, luteous beneath. Head and palpi dark luteous. Third joint 

 of the palpi browu, sprinkled with white. Abdomen cinereous- 

 brown. Wings with incomplete denticulated brown lines; sub- 

 marginal line pale, very indistinct, accompanied by some brown 

 points. Fore wings with a slight purplish tinge, brown along the 

 costa; exterior line very undulating in front; orbicular and reniform 



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