COLLECTED AT SARAWAK. 



173 



black- speckled ; an oblique, straight, ferruginous middle line ; costa 

 straight j exterior border convex. Hind wings pale yellow, and 

 fringed with fawn-colour along the interior border. Length of the 

 body 5 lines ; of the wings 12 lines. 



Gren. Bethtjra, n. g. 



Mas. Corpus crassum. Proboscis obsoleta. Palpi robusti, erecti, pi- 

 losi, caput longe superantes, apice fasciculati. Antenna basi late 

 pectinatse, apices versus serratse. Abdomen lineare, subcarinatum, 

 alas posticas superans. Pedes robusti, densissime fasciculati. Ales 

 anticse sat angustae, apice rotundatae, margine exterior e perobliquo ; 

 posticae breves. 



Male. Body very stout. Proboscis obsolete. Palpi stout, vertical, 

 pilose, rising high above the head, densely tufted at the tips. An- 

 tennae broadly pectinated towards the base, serrated towards the tips. 

 Abdomen linear, slightly keeled above, extending beyond the hind 

 wings. Legs stout, most densely tufted to the tips of the tarsi. Fore 

 wings rather narrow, somewhat rounded at the tips ; costa straight ; 

 exterior border extremely oblique ; veins very distinctly marked ; 2nd 

 inferior vein nearly twice as far from the 3rd as from the 1st. Hind 

 wings very much shorter than the fore wings. 



Allied to Scopelodes. 



207. Bethura minax, n. s. Mas. Rufescens, abdomine ochraceo 

 fasciis abbreviatis fasciculoque apicali nigris, alis anticis eano sub- 

 conspersis, postieis pallide luteis. 



Male. Reddish. Abdomen ochraceous, with abbreviated black bands ; 

 1st and 2nd bands interrupted; apical tuft black. Wings with the 

 fringe hoary, shining. Fore wings minutely hoary-speckled. Hind 

 wings pale luteous. Length of the body 8 lines; of the wings 18 

 lines. 



Gen. Altha, n. g. 



Mas. Corpus crassum. Proboscis obsoleta. Palpi minimi. Antenna 

 triente basali late pectinatae. Abdomen alas posticas superans. Pedes 

 robusti, dense fasciculati. A Ice subvestitae ; anticae apice rotundatae, 

 costa recta, margine exteriore convexo sat obliquo. 



Male. Body thick. Proboscis obsolete. Palpi very minute. Antennae 

 broadly pectinated to a little beyond one-third of the length, simple 

 from thence to the tips. Abdomen extending beyond the hind wings. 

 Legs stout, thickly tufted. Wings moderately broad, thinly clothed. 

 Fore wings somewhat rounded at the tips ; costa straight ; exterior 

 border convex, rather oblique ; 3rd inferior vein rather remote from 

 the 2nd, which is very near the 1st. 



208. Altha nivea, n. s. Mas. Nivea, alis anticis puncto diseali punc- 

 toque margiriali nigris. 



Male. Pure white. Fore wings with an elongated black point at the 



