646 CATALOGUE OF 



Body rather short. Eyes large. Proboscis less than half the 

 length of the body. Palpi moderately long ; second joint much 

 longer than the first; third extremely minute. Legs rather slender, 

 not long ; hind tibiae with four rather small spurs. Fore wings 

 long, slightly pointed ; discal fold not distinct ; first, second and 

 third inferior veins near together at the base ; third about thrice 

 further from the fourth than from the first. Hind wings slightly 

 convex in front. Male. — Antennae pectinated ; branches short. 

 Abdomen extending a little beyond the hind wings. Sexual parts 

 small, concealed. Hind wings very short, dilated in front, truncated 

 at the tips. Female. — Antennae simple. Abdomen extending some 

 distance beyond the hind wings. Hind wings rather short. 



1. Idalus admtrabilis. 



Albus ; caput supra luteum ; palpi basi rufi ; antenna fusees 

 supra albida ; thorax fascia lata lutea guttisque duabus anti- 

 cis fuscis ; pectoris later a rufa ; abdomen supra late rufum ; 

 coxce anticce subtus rufce ; alee antica lutea. Mas. — Ala 

 antica basim versus alba luteo fasciata, fasciis duabus nigri- 

 caniibus, \a basali, strigaque postica busali rufescente. Foem. 

 — Ala antica fasciis duabus fuscis albo marginatis, macula 

 discali fusca, liturisque duabus rufis ; postica rufa, albo 

 marginata aut ciliata. 



Phalaena admirabilis, Cram. Pap. Exot. ii. 11, pi. 103, f. G. 

 Empusa admirabilis, H'ubn. Verz. Schmett. 170, 1747. 



Surinam. 



White, Head luteous above. Proboscis tawny. Palpi red 

 towards the base, black above towards the tips. Antennae brown, 

 whitish above. Thorax with a broad luteous band, in front of 

 which are two brown dots. Pectus red along each side. Abdomen 

 bright red above. Fore coxae red beneath. Fore wings luteous. 

 Male. — Fore wings towards the base white, including a luteous 

 band, which is abbreviated hindward ; a blackish band at the base 

 and another oblique one at the end of the white part ; a reddish 

 streak at the base of the interior border ; veins white in the white 

 and blackish parts. Female.— Fore wings with two brown bands, 

 bordered with white; a brown spot in the disk at three-fourths of 

 the length, and a red mark at the base, and another at the end of 

 the inner border. Hind wings red, white along the fore border, and 

 with a white fringe. Length of the body 4J— 5 lines ; of the wings 

 14 — 16 lines. 



a, b. Brazil. From Mr, Milne's collection. 



