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LEPIDOPTERA RETElIOCE'RA. 191
Genus 1'7. CATAGELA.
Mas. Corpus gracile. Proboscis brevis. Palpi porrecli, ca.
pitis latitudine mullo 10ngiOl'CB j nrticulus 2us BUhtUS ftmbriatus;
31ls lanccolallls. AntennlO validlll, sctulosre, pubesoentes. Abllo·
t:lieD alas posticas lange superl1ns. Pedes lOllgissimi, graciIlimi t
tibire pOBticre crucal'ibu8 quatuor longis, Aim anlicre longlll, an.
gustlD j anticm aoutre, margine cxteriore Bubconvexo perobliquo.
Male. Body slouder. Proboscis short. Palpi porreet, very
much longer than the breadth of tbe head; seoond joint with a short
thick fringe beneath j third lonoeolate, full half the length of tlle
second. Anteuum stout, s~tulose, pubescent. Abdomen extending
much beyond thc hinl! wings i apical tuft small. Legs very long
and sloudcI'; hind tibim with four long SpUI'S. Wings long, narrow.
Fore wings acuLe j costa 8trnight; exterior horder slightly
oonvox, very oblique.
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1. CAT.\.GELA. ADJUnELLAo
Mas. Subucl&f'at!ea; allB ",ntirlB pallide rinerelB, fusCB,cente Bub·
,tf'iUatdJ, basi ochr",cetB, linea 8ubmar,9in41i fusc", pDsties
indistincta; postiCIB albiddJ.
Male Dull ochraceous. Abdomen, hind wings and under
side whitish. ]!'ore wings pals Oi110I'OUII8, slightly and ditrusedly
strellked with lIllIe brown, ocbrlloeous at the base; submarginal
line bl'own, indetormillll.te billdwllrd, more ohlique than the exterior
border. Length of the body 4 lines; of the wiogs 10 lioos.
a. Colombo, Ceylon. From M. Nietner's collection.
Sect. 2.
Ma.. Fasoiculus frontlLlis productU8, peracutl1s. Palpi par.
reoti, oapitis latitllfiiue fore dUI,lo 100gior08; articulns 2U8 pilOSUB I
Sus Innceolalll8, 2i dimidio b,'ovior. AntoDlllf validm, 'Puhescentes.
Abdomen cylhllllicum, alas posticus lunge superanR. Pedes longi,
graciles. AIm autiem margillC oxteriors convexo perobllquo.
Male. Frolltal tuft very acuto and prominent. Palpi porreet,
»8l1rly twice longer than the breadth of the heau j second joint
pilose i third lllUcoolllle, much mOle slender than tho sooond, and
II. little lesa than half its longth. AntenIl81 stout, pubesoent.
Abdomen oy1indl'ical, exteJlding for almost bill! itlt length beyond