﻿1780 " CATALOGUE OF 



Legs very stout, densely pilose. Fore wings with the lines indis- 

 tinct, excepting two, which are hlack, curved and double; the first 

 interior, obsolete in front, accompanied hindward by a blackish 

 cinereous patch ; the second exterior, angular and recurrent in 

 front, indistinct near the costa; a whitish apical patch and a more 

 dingy patch by the interior angle ; suhmarginal lunules black, slen- 

 der; orbicular and reniform marks almost obsolete. Hind wings 

 whitish, with broad brownish borders; some black points near the 

 interior angle, where there is a whitish streak. Length of the body 

 5 lines; of the wings 10 lines. 



a. North Hindostan. From Mr. Stevens' collection. 



Genus PREMUSIA. 



Mas. Corpus pilosissimum, valde robustura. Proboscis 

 mediocris. Palpi crassi, pilosi, longissimi, arete applicati, caput 

 superantes ; articulus 3us lanceolatus, 2o brevior. Antennae val idee, 

 crenulatae. Abdomen alas posticas tiiente superans; fasciculus 

 apicalis latus. Pedes validi, densissime pilosi et fasciculati ; tibiag 

 posticse calcaribus longis. Alae robustse, subdeniiculatae, dense 

 vestitas ; anticae apice subrotundatae, margine exteriore subobliquo ; 

 posticae apud marginera interiorem dense fasciculatee. 



Male, Body very stout and pilose. Proboscis moderately 

 long. Palpi pilose, very long and stout, closely applied to the head, 

 ascending above the vertex ; third joint stout, lanceolate, rather 

 shorter than the second. AntennsB siout, crenulate, much more 

 than half the length of the body. Abdomen very pilose, extending 

 for one-third of its length beyond the hind win^s; apical tuft broad. 

 Legs stout, most densely pilose and tufted; hind tibiae with long 

 spurs. Wings robust, moderately broad, thickly clothed, slightly 

 denticulated. Fore win^rs straight along the costa, somewhat 

 rounded at the tips, slightly oblique along the exterior border. 

 Hind wings densely tufted along the interior border. 



1. PrEMUSIA INTRAHEN3. 



Mas. Ferruginea; abdomen fulvum ; alee anticce lineis interruptis 

 diffusis nigris^ apud marginem exteriorem pallidiores sub- 

 viridescentes^ tinea exteriore integra angulata, striga discali 

 serpentina smaragdina albo notata, lunulis marginalibus 

 nigris ; posticce ceneo-fiiscce, disco interiore albido. 



