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CATALOGUE OF 
4. Cratoptera Celtillusaria. 
Fcem. Flava ; caput antice ferrugineum ; palporum articulus 
3 us brevissimus ; antennae sat robustae ; alee nigro subcon - 
spersce , linea recta obliqua pallide ochracea, fimbria saturate 
ochracea; anticce apice subproductce , subtus lutece linea nigri- 
cante fasciaque rufescente ornatae , costa subconvexa cervina 
albido notata fusco unimaculata ; posticce subtus ochracece. 
Female. Yellow, much brighter beneath. Head in front and 
palpi towards their tips ferruginous; third joint of the latter less 
than one-fourth of the length of the second. Antennae rather stout, 
quite bare. Wings ample, thinly and minutely speckled with 
black ; a pale ochraceous straight oblique line ; fringe deeper 
ochraceous. Fore wings with the tips somewhat prolonged ; costa 
slightly convex, fawn-coloured, whitish-marked, with a brown spot 
beyond three-fourths of the length ; under side luteous, largely- 
speckled ; line blackish, traversing a reddish band. Hind wings 
ochraceous beneath, with the line and the band almost obsolete. 
Length of the body 6 lines ; of the wings 18 lines. 
a . Nanta, Amazon Region. From M. Degand’s collection. 
Genus 4. GYNGPTERYX. 
Corpus vix robustum. Frons declivis, subproductus, albus. 
Palpi ascendentes, arcuati ; articulus 2us latus ; 3us minimus. 
Antennae mavis laminis validis subspatulatis ciliatis. Tibiae pos- 
ticae incrassatae, fusifortnes. Alae integrae ; anticae apice quadratae 
(mas) aut falcatae (fcem.), macula apicali lunata ; posticae angulo 
interiore producto aut quadrato. 
Gynoptevyx, Guen. Phal. i. 78. 
Body hardly stout. Front declining, white, obtusely promi- 
nent beneath. Palpi ascending, curved ; second joint broad ; third 
very small. Hind tibiae incrassated, fusiform. Wings entire, 
generally yellow. Fore wings with a semicircular apical spot. 
Hind wings with the interior angle prominent or quadrate. Male. 
— Antennae with stout slightly spatulate laminae, each of which 
is furnished with a bristle. Fore wings quadrate at the tips ; exte- 
rior border rounded or slightly bent. Female . — Fore wings falcate 
and very acute at the tips ; exterior border often bent or angular. 
