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CATALOGUE OF 



Body stout. Palpi long:, stout, porrect, extending far beyond 

 the head. Antennae stout, simple, more than half the length of the 

 body. Abdomen extending a little beyond the hind wings. Legs 

 stout ; hind tibiae with long spurs. Wings broad. Fore wings 

 convex in front, somewhat rounded at the tips, moderately oblique 

 along the exterior border ; interior border slightly concave, forming 

 a slight tooth near the base. 



1. Ferenta Stolliana. 



Ferruginea ; abdomen cceruleum ; alee antica? strigis transversis 

 costalibus interioribus nigris et glaucis, fascia media,, macula 

 discali plaga apicali lineaque exteriore transversa undulata 

 nigris, fascia lata exteriore carnea, strigis duabus posticis 

 maculaque elongata marginali glaucis ; posticus cyanea, mar- 

 gine inleriore c&ruleo, fascia lata abbreviata lutea. 



Phalaena-Noctua Stolliana, Cram. Pap. Exot. iv. 41, pi. 310, f. 

 A, B. 



Surinam. 



Genus 8. DEVA. 



Mas. Corpus gracile. Caput fasciculatum. Proboscis medio- 

 criter longa. Palpi ascendentes ; articulus 2us validus, compressus, 

 dense fasciculatus ; 3us gracilis, longus, linearis, acuminatus, 2i 

 dimidio multo longior. Antenna? simplices, graciles, corporis 

 dimidio longiores. Abdomen alas posticas triente superans. Pedes 

 graciles ; tibiae posticae calcaribus longissimis. Alae anticae auratae, 

 mediocriter latae, apud costam rectae, apice angulatae, margine ex- 

 teriore subangulato, interiore subexcavato. 



Male. Body slender. Head tufted. Proboscis moderately 

 long. Palpi ascending; second joint stout, compressed, thickly 

 tufted ; third long, slender, linear, acuminated, much more thau 

 half the length of the second. Antennae simple, slender, more than 

 half the length of the body. Abdomen extending full one-third of 

 its length beyond the hind wings. Legs slender ; hind tibiae with 

 very long spurs. Wiugs moderately broad. Fore wings gilded, 

 straight in front, rectangular at the tips ; exterior border slightly 

 angular in the middle, fore part hardly oblique ; interior border 

 very slightly excavated, interior tooth distinct; exterior tooth 

 obsolete. 



