716 CATALOGUE OF 



6. Elysius Ilus. 



Rufo-cervinus ; alee anticce fuscce, lituris basalibus ut costalibus 

 fasciaque furcata subapicali cervinis rufo punctatis, posticce 

 rosece, apice pallide testacece. 



Phalaena Ilus, Cram. Pap. ExoL i. 145, pi. 92, f. E. 

 Zatrephes Ilus, Hubn. Verz. Schmett. (Phalcence Verce Hipocritce 

 Sphingiformes) 171, 1770. 



Surinam. 



Genus 43. MALABUS. 



Mas. Corpus robustum, non longum. Proboscis longiuscula. 

 Palpi validi, ascendentes, mediocriter longi ; articulus 2us lo valde 

 longior; 3us conicus, minimus. Antennae distincte serratae, aut 

 subpectinatae. Abdomen alas posticas paullo superans. Pedes gra- 

 ciles ; tibiae posticae calcaribus nullis aut duobus apicalibus minimis. 

 Alae sat angustae, non longae. 



Male. Body stout, not long. Proboscis rather long. Palpi 

 stout, ascending, moderately long; second joint very much longer 

 than the first ; third conical, very minute. Antennae strongly ser- 

 rated or very minutely pectinated. Abdomen extending for one- 

 fourth of its length beyond the hind wings. Legs slender; hind 

 tibiae with no spurs or with an extremely minute apical pair. 

 Wings rather narrow, not long. Fore wings with the first and second 

 inferior veins contiguous at the base ; third about four times further 

 from the fourth than from the second. 



1. Malabus incertus. 



Rufus ; palpi testacei ; antennae f us ece ; abdomen sub tus fuscum ; 

 alee anticce cervince maculis duabus fuscis, subtus rufce ; pos- 

 ticce subtus fere albce. 



Pale red. Palpi and proboscis testaceous. Antennae brown. 

 Abdomen brown beneath. Legs white; fore coxae red above. 

 Fore wings fawn-colour, with two indistinct brown spots, one by the 

 hind border before the middle, and one by the fore border beyond the 

 middle; under side pale red, fawn-colour along the costa and at the 

 tips. Hind wings nearly white beneath. Length of the body 5 

 lines ; of the wings 12 lines. 



a. Para. Presented by Reginald Graham, Esq. 



