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CATALOGUE OF 
Male. Testaceous, rather slender. Head and thorax ferrugi- 
nous ; the former white about the eyes, with an acute frontal tuft. 
Palpi ferruginous, long, obliquely ascending; second joint broad, 
shortly and closely fringed; third bare, linear, very slender, as long 
as the second. Antennae setose. Abdomen extending very little 
beyond the hind wings. Legs smooth, rather stout; fore femora 
ancl fore tibiae fringed with blackish cinereous hairs. Wings alike 
in colour ; interior, middle and exterior lines blackish, indistinct, 
dentated ; submarginal points and marginal festoon blackish. Fore 
wings very acute, much longer than the hind wings, with white 
costal subapical points ; orbicular and reniform marks annuliform, 
the former large, the latter very large ; exterior border slightly con- 
vex, very oblique. Hind wings with the exterior border slightly 
bent ; a blackish and whitish mark by the interior border. Length 
of the body 6 lines ; of the wings 14 lines. 
a. Ega. From Mr. Bates’ collection. 
Megatomis Lacratesalis. 
Mas. Ochracea , robusta , antice ferruginea ; palpi longissimU 
usque ad thoraeem postieum rejlexi , articulo 2 o valde arcuato , 
3o recto ; antennce pubescentes, apud medium incrassatce et 
fasciculatce , apices versus convolutce ; abdomen alas posticas 
perparum superans ; tibice anticce dense fasciculatce ; inter - 
mediae subfasciculatce ; alee latiusculce, fasciis tribus obliquis 
fuscis pallido marginatis , 1 a undulata , 2 a recta , 3a denticu - 
lata ; anticce subfalcatce , orbiculari et reniformi flavis , mar- 
gine exteriore subflexo . Foem. — Palpi ascendentes , angulati, 
non rejlexi , articulo 3 o nudo gracillimo ; antennce simplices . 
Male. Ochraceous, stout. Head and thorax ferruginous. 
Palpi very long, reflexed over the head to the hind border of the 
thorax, on which they rest; second joint very much curved ; third 
straight, about as long as the second. Antennae pubescent, 
straight to the middle, where they are incrassated and tufted, con- 
voluted from thence to the tips. Abdomen extending very little 
beyond the hind wings. Legs smooth, slender ; fore tibiae densely 
tufted ; middle tibiae slightly tufted. Wings rather broad, with 
three oblique brown pale-bordered lines ; interior line undulating ; 
exterior line straight; submarginal line denticulated; marginal 
festoon blackish ; exterior border slightly scalloped. Fore wings 
subfalcate ; orbicular and reniform marks yellow, rather small ; ex- 
