45^ CATALOGUE OF 



Mole. Tiiwny, vallier slenJer. Head above, nntennje and prothorax 

 feinifriuous. Head sniomh, sliiiiing in froiil. Eyes testaceous. Pioiliorax 

 ttihereiilate, with two strongly impressed transverse lines. Legs ralher 

 slender ; middle tibiae without spines above ; hind femora four-seventbs of 

 the Icngih of the fore wings. Fore wings narrow, pale luteous, longer by 

 one line than the hind vvin^s; veins testaceous, partly and very irreuulariy 

 bordered with brown; arrolets large, mostly regular; scapular vein anc'l 

 exterud-Tuedial very approximate till near the lip, v^here they are united. 

 Hind wings b!acki^h cineieous ; veins brown. Length of the body 17 lines ; 

 expansion of the fere wings 42 lines. 



a. Archidona. From Mr. Stevens' collection. 



35. Meroncidils margin ifek. 



.Mas el foem. Fiilvus, crass'is ; frons picea ; pal/d pallule testarei ; pro- 

 thorax riHjulnsus ; pt'clus et venter rtigro iiuiculala ; laniiua sub- 

 geniliilis lestacea ; oviductus ubdomini uquiloniius ; pedes vulidi ; alee 

 antiv(E sat angmla, teataceu venosce ; alec postiece nigrie, ferriigineo 

 maryinalce. 



Male and female. Tawny, very stout. Front mostly piceous, ralher 

 thickly punctured. Eyes livid, round, prominent. Palpi pale testaceous. 

 Auienn;e more than twice the length of the body. Prothorax rugulose, with 

 two strongly impressed transverse lines and wiih a slight longiiudinal 

 impressed line. Pectus and under side of abdomen with black spots on 

 each side. Cerci and subgeni'.al lamina testaceous ; the former stout, 

 lanceolate. Oviduct almost snaight, as lung as the abdomen. Legs ralher 

 slonl ; spines wiih black lips; hiiul femora nearly Iwo-ihirds of the length 

 of the fore wings. Fore wings rathtr narrow, a little longer than the hind 

 wings; veins testaceous; areolets mnstly large and regular; scapular and 

 extemo-medial converging slightly (lom the base, nearly connected at the 

 end of the scapular. Hind v\ings black, fcriuginous along the border. 

 Length of the body 18 — 19 lines; expansion of the fore wings 40 lines. 



a. Brazil. From Mr. Stevens' colleciiou. 



b. Brazil. Presented by Dr. Busk. 



36. Meboncidius innotatus. 



Mas. Testaceus, sat gracilis: lahrum albidum ; antenna: riifescentes ; 

 prolluirax luberculatus ; lamina subgenitnlis longissima, sli/lis longis- 

 simis instrucla ; pedes nigra spinosi ; ^ altc aulicit sat angustie ; alee 

 postiece ciiterece,fulvo venosce. 



Male. Testaceous, rather slender, paler beneath. Head shining in 

 front; labrum whitish. Eyes brown, nearly rounil. Antenna! reddish. 

 Prothorax tnberculate, with two strongly impressed transverse lines, the 

 hinder intersected by an extremely short lnuL;iludinal imjiressed line. 

 Sul>genital lamina veiy long, with two very long styles, which very slightly 

 increase in breadth towards ihe lips. Legs with black spines; bind femora 

 nearly two-thirds of the length of the fnre wings. Fore wings rather 

 narrow, longer by one line and a half than the hind wings; areolets 

 mostly large and regular; scapular vein and extemo-medial very approxi- 



