﻿1762 CATALOGUE OF 



Erastria? BASISTIGMA. 



Mas. Alhido-cinerea ; palpi basi fusci nigra notati ; thorax 

 legnlis anticis fusees centibus nigro marginatis ; alee anticce 

 basi fusc(s^ litura postica contorta nigra^ lineis transverns 

 fuscescentibus angulosis ex parte indistinctis^ guttis costalibus 

 nigris, plaga casta li f us ca alba tripunctata, lunulis marginali- 

 bus nigris, orbiculari obsoleta, reniformi indistincta^ gutta 

 contigua nigra ; posticce cinerece. 



Male, Whitish cinereous. Palpi brown and marked with 

 black towards the base. Thorax with the front teg-ulae brownish, 

 bordered with black. Fore wings at the base brown, and with 

 a posterior contorted black mark ; transverse lines brownish, irregu- 

 lar, zigzag, partly indistinct ; some black dots along the cosla, near 

 the tip of which there is a brown patch with three white points ; 

 marginal lunules black ; orbicular mark obsolete ; re ni form indis- 

 tinct, accompanied by a large black dot. Hind wings cinereous. 

 Length of the body 4J lines ; of the wings 10 lines. 



a. West Indies. 



Erastria? Venulta. 



Lutea ; caput et thorax alba vittata ; alee anticce cervince, nigro 

 consperscB, vitta discali alba lanceolata excisa rufo marginata; 

 posticce macula discali margineque lata nigris, 



Phalaena Venulia, Cram, Pap. Exot. ii. 107, pi. 165, f. D. 



Bengal. 



Page 814. 

 Hydrelia contempta. 



Foem. Cinereo-fusca, subtus lutea ; alee anticce dimidio exteriore 

 obscure fusco, reniformi nigricante-fusca submarginata, plaga 

 posteriore trigona nigricante-fusca ; posticce lutece,fusco mar- 

 ginatce. 



Female, Cinereous-brown, luteous beneath, except towards 

 the tips of the fore wings. Fore wings dark brown on the exterior 

 half, with a blackish brown triangular patch behind the reniform 

 mark, which is incompletely bordered with blackish brown. Hind 



