﻿"^^^ "teALOGUE OF 



Penicillaria lineatrix. 



Mas et foem. Ferrugineo-fmca, snhtus ex parte alba ; alee antictB 

 hnns subobsoletis fuscis, liluris costalibns albis, lineis duabus 

 a/Ms, Ja exienore subrecta, 2a suhmarginali undulata ; pos- 

 tica alba, macula discali (snbtm magna nigricante) margine- 

 que latusimo fuscis. Mas.- Abdomen faseicvlis duobm 

 apiealtbus obhquis ; alee antica macula costali subapieali 

 rujescente, macula parva testacea apud marginem interiorem. 



^hitff' ?/ -^S","^--, Ferruginous-bvown, very stout, partly 

 wlnte beneah Palp, hng, porrect, whitish on the inner side : 

 third joint a litt e shorter than the second. Fore wings with almost 

 obsolete brown lines, with a few slight white costal marks, and with 

 two slight white hnes; first line exterior, nearly straight; second 

 submargina 1 irregularly undulating. Hind w.ngs white with a 

 blown discal spot (which is larger and blnckish beneath) ^nd with 

 a very broad brown border. i»/«/.. _ Abdomen with two diverging 

 apical tuf's. Fore wings with a reddish spot near the tip of the 

 CO ta, and with a smaller testaceous spot by the middle of the inte- 

 rior border. Length of the body 6 lines ; of the wings 10 lines. 

 Canara. In the East India Company's collection. 



Genus RHESALA. 

 Fam. Corpus robustum. Proboscis brevis. Palpi ascen- 

 dentes; articulus 2us supra pilosissimus ; 3us bnceolatus 2i 

 dimidio long.or. Antenna simplices. Thorax squamosus, livis 

 Abdomen apicem versus conicum, alas posticas non superans 

 Pedes sat valid,, subnudi ; tibi^ postic^ calcaribus lo, gfss mi * 

 Alffi mediocres, fimbria lata ; antic* apud costam rect<e, apice rect- 

 angulaiae, margme exteriore antico non obliquo; posti^/margTne 

 exteriore versus angulum interiorem subtruncato. 



.»n. /T^k ^""J? resembling some genera of Pvraliles. Body 

 tout. Proboscis short. Palpi ascending, rising higher than the 

 lead ; second joint very pilose above ; third lanceolate, more than 

 half the length of the second. Antenna simple. Thorax «aiia- ' 



ZT'r,7 Tf'- ^^^"T"" '""''"^ *'"^"'^« the tip, not extending \ 

 beyond the hind winfjs. Legs moderately stout, almost bare ; hind 

 fbi* with very long spurs. Wings of moderate size ; fringe broTd. 



