﻿1644 CATALOGUE OF 



above and beneath ferruginous. Fore wings fusiforno, very slightly 

 convex along the costa; three pairs of transverse black lines, which 

 form cuneate angles ; a submarginal row of black dots ; exterior 

 border convex, very oblique ; interior angle quite rounded. Length 

 of the body 8 lines ; of the wings 16 lines. 



a, Ega. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



Genus AUSAVA. 



Mas. Corpus gracile, subpilosum. Proboscis brevis. Palpi 

 breves, porrecti, pilosi, caput perpauUo superantes ; articulus 3us 

 conicus, brevissiraus. Antennae simplices, subsetacese, corporis 

 dimidio paullo lon^iores. Abdomen sublanceolalum, alas posticas 

 Tix superans, lateribus vix fasciculatis. Pedes graciles, subpilosi ; 

 tibiae posticae calcaribus longissimis. Alae mediocres ; anticae 

 apud costam vix convexae, margine exteriore subconvexo vix 

 obliquo. 



Male. Body slender, slightly pilose. Proboscis short. Palpi 

 short, porrect, pilose, extending very little beyond the head ; third 

 joint conical, less than one-fourth of the length of the second. 

 Antennae simple, slightly setaceous, a little more than half the 

 length of the body. Abdomen sublanceolate, very slightly tufted 

 along each side, hardly extending beyond the hind wings. Legs 

 slender, slightly pilose ; hind tibiae with very long spurs. Wings 

 moderately broad. Fore wings hardly convex along the costa ; 

 exterior border slightly convex, not oblique in front, slightly oblique 

 hindward; interior angle somewhat rounded. 



1. AuSAVA TIIIPLAGA. 



Mas. Fuscescente-cinerea ; caput, palpi ef thorax anticus obscure , 

 fusca ; alee anticce lineis transversis indistinctis undulatis I 

 pallidioribus, plagis trihus costalihus nigris alho lineatis^ ' 

 strigis trihus discalibus nigris, linea marginali nigra punctis 

 pallidis interrupta ; posticce fusciis duabus undulatis obscure 

 fuscis. 



Male. Brownish cinereous. Head, palpi and fore part of the 

 thorax dark brown. Fore wings with indistinct transverse undu- 

 lating paler lines; three black costal patches with transverse white 

 lines ; three black discal streaks, one by the exterior side of the 



