840 CATALOGUE OF 



1. TlMA MAKGAEITA. 



Rosea; abdomen albido-testaceum ; alee anticce basi fasciaque mar- 

 ginali postice dilatata luteis, strigis duabus basalibus tribusque 

 variis discalibus albis ; posticce albido-testacece ciliis roseis. 



Phalama margarita, Drury, Ins. iii. pi. 21, f. 6. 



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

 6, c. — ? From M. Becker's collection. 



Fam. 5. PETALS NOID.E. 



Phalaenoidi, Guen. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. x. 217. 

 Phalaenoidae, Guen, Noct. ii. 263. 

 Noctuo-Phalaenides, Boisd. 



Genus 1. AKCHIEAKIS. 



Corpus gracile. Caput pilosissimum. Proboscis brevissima. 

 Palpi subobsoleti. Antenna? corporis dimidio longiores. Abdomen 

 alas posticas non superans. Pedes graciles ; tibiae posticae ealcari- 

 bus minimis. Alae lata? ; anticae apud costam rectae, apice subro- 

 tundatae, margine subconvexo et subobliquo. Mas. — Antennae 

 serratae aut subpectinatae. 



Archiearis, H'ubn. Verz. Schmett. 279. 



Brephos, Ochs. ; Treit. ; Boisd.; Steph.; Curt.; Guen. Ann. Soc. 

 Ent. Ft. x. 219 ; Noct. ii. 264. 



Body slender. Head very pilose. Proboscis very short. Palpi 

 hardly visible. Antennae more than half the length of the body. 

 Abdomen not extending beyond the hind wings. Legs slender ; 

 hind tibiae with very minute spurs. Wings broad. Fore wings 

 straight in front, somewhat rounded at the tips, slightly convex and 

 oblique along the exterior border. Male. — Antennae serrated or 

 slightly pectinated. 



1. Archiearis Parthenias. 



Nigro-fusca ; alee anticce cinereo conspersa, ferrugineo tinctce^ 

 plagis duabus anlicis albidis ; posticce vitta antica latissima 

 interrupta fasciaque postica undulato luteis. Mas. — Antenna 

 serrate. 



