802 CATALOGUE OF 



tufted, with stout, but rather short spurs. Wings rather broad, not 

 long. Fore wings straight in front, rectangular at the tips; exte- 

 rior border hardly oblique in front, moderately oblique hindward. 



1. Dacira combusta. 



Mas. Aterrima ; caput, antennce basi, tibia apice tarsique basi 

 alba; thorax posticus albo ferrugineoque pilosus ; abdomen 

 pallide cinereum, disco nigricante ; alee antica rufescente- 

 ferruginea, triente basali alba, tinea intermedia nigra, fascia 

 inter rupta testacea interiore basi atra, plaga costali nigra, 

 lituris exterioribus costalibus et ciliaribus albis ; posticm 

 alba. 



Male. Very deep black. Head, antennae at the base, tips of 

 the tibiae and tarsi towards the base white. Hind part of the thorax 

 with white and ferruginous plumes. Abdomen pale cinereous; 

 disk blackish. Fore wings reddish ferruginous, white for more 

 than one-third of the length from the base, deep black at the base, 

 near which there is a testaceous interrupted band, of which the fore 

 part is bordered with black ; the white part is bordered by a black 

 line which adjoins a large black costal patch; some white marks 

 along the exterior part of the costa and on the ciliae, which else- 

 where are black Hind wings white, silky. Length of the body 4^ 

 lines ; of the wings 9 lines. 



a. Villa Nova. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



Fam. 3. ERASTRIDJ1. 



Erastridse, Guen. Noct. ii. 224. 

 Noctuo-Phalaenidae, Boisd. ; Dup. 



A. Abdomen alas posticas superans. - 1. Chamyris, Guen. 



B. Abdomen alas posticas non superans. 



A. Abdomen cristatum. 3. Erastria, Ochs. 



B. Abdomen non cristatum. 



a. Thorax cristatus. - - - - 2. Pseudina, Guen. 



b. Thorax non cristatus. - - - 4. Bankia, Guen. 



