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CATALOGUE OF 
Genus PODALIA. 
Group 1. 
Fcem. Corpus crassum. Proboscis noil conspicua. Palpi 
brevissimi. Antennae vix pectinatae. Abdomen apice dense lanu- 
ginosum, alas posticas vix superans. Pedes validi ; tibiae posticae 
calcaribus duobus minulis apicalibus. Alae longiusculae, mediocri- 
ter latae ; anticae apudcostam vix convexae, apice rotundatae, mar- 
gine exteriore perobliquo. 
Female. Body thick. Proboscis not visible. Palpi very 
short. Antennae setaceous, very minutely pectinated, a little longer 
than the thorax. Abdomen thickly lanuginose at the tip, hardly 
extending beyond the hind wings. Legs stout; hind tibiae with 
two minute apical spurs. Wings rather long, moderately broad. 
Fore wings very slightly convex in front, rounded at the tips, ex- 
tremely oblique along the exterior border ; second inferior vein 
about twice further from the third than from the first ; third much 
further from the fourth than from the second. 
1. Podalia Vesta. 
Foem. Alba; thorax fascia una Integra nigra alteraque inter - 
rupta fusca ; abdomen fusco fasciatum ; pedes ex parte nigri ; 
alee anticce f asciis duabus diffusis^maculis discalibvs guttisque 
marginalibus fuscis ; posticce pallide fascce , apud marginem 
exteriorem alb ce fusco maculatce . 
Bombyx Vesta, MSS. 
Female. White. Antennas with black branches. Thorax 
with an entire black band and an interrupted brown band. Abdo- 
men with brown bands. Legs mostly black. Fore wings with two 
diffuse brown bands, and some discal brown spots ; a row of semi- 
circular brown spots along the exterior border. Hind wings pale 
brown, whi-te towards the exterior border, which has spots like the 
fore wings. Length of the body 15 lines ; of the wings 44 lines. 
Brazil. In Mr. Saunders’ collection. 
Group 2. 
Mas. Corpus crassum. Caput subporrectum. Palpi brevis- 
simi. Antennae latissime pectinatae, basi approximatae. Abdomen 
alas posticas paullo superans. Pedes validi, pilis longis densissime 
vestiti. Alae mediocriter latae ; anticae subacuminatae, apices versus 
