358 CATALOGUE OF 



small slender spines ; fore tibiae dilated at the base ; hind tibiae with two 

 rows of small slender spines and with two rows of stout spines. Fore wings 

 narrow, slightly truncated at the tips, somewhat shorter than the hind 

 wings; large areolets regular. 

 Type V. melaleuca. 



1. VaLNA. MELALEUCA. 



Mas. Alba ; caput slriga lanceolata, litura furcata^vitlis duabus fascia- 

 que nigris ; palpi nigro guttati ; antemice nigrocincke ; prothorax 

 postice nigro interrupte maryinatus ; pectus nigro biannulatum el bi- 

 maculatum ; pedes nigro fascia ti ; alee aniiccB nigro punctata et 

 maculatce ; alee posticce apice nigro notatce. 



Male. White. Head with a black lanceolate streak and with a black 

 forked mark on the vertex, with a black stripe on each side between the 

 hind border and the eye, and with a black band between the eyes. Eyes 

 pale livid. Palpi with black dots. Antennae black beneath at the 

 base and with black rings. Hind border of the prothorax interruptedly 

 black. Pectus with a black spot and an irregular black ringlet on each 

 side. Sternum with a purplish tinge. Abdominal appendages black at 

 the base and at the tips. Coxse and femora with some black marks ; mem- 

 brane of the hind femora brown ; tibiae black towards the tips; hind tibiae 

 with three black bands; tarsi black. Fore wings shorter by nearly three 

 lines than the hind wings, with several black points in the disk, and with 

 some irregular black spots along the costa and along the hind border; 

 costal space pellucid. Hind wings with some black marginal spots 

 towards the tips. Length of the body 7 lines ; expansion of the fore wings 

 30 lines. 

 a. Rio Janeiro. Presented by — Busk, Esq. 



2. Valna alipes. 

 Phaneroptera alipes, Westiv. Arc. Ent. ii. 87, pi. 70, f. 1. 

 Mexico. Columbia. 



3. Valna? phyllacantha. 

 Phaneroptera phyllacantha, Burm. Handb. Ent. ii. 688. 

 Bahia. 



4. Valna? cruenta. 

 Phaneroptera cruenta, Burm, Handb. Ent. ii. 691. 

 Rio Janeiro. 



Genus 93. SANABRIA. 



Mas. Corpus Iseve, sat gracile. Caput prothoraci aequilatura ; vertex 

 convexus. Mandibulae magnte. Oculi longi elliptici, prominuli. Palpi 

 sat robusti ; articulus 5us 4o duplo longior. Prothorax sellatus, lateribus 

 margineqne postico subrotundatis. Abdomen basiconico-gibbosum. Pedes 

 robusti, spiuis paucis membranaceis armati. 



