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streaks along the hind border, and with seven white points in the 

 disk. Length of the body 3^ hnes ; of the wings 7 lines. 



Subfam. Sbpsides, Walk. 

 Geu. Calobata, Fahr. 



74. Calobata coNTRARiA, n. s. Mas et Fcem. Nigra, capite vitta 

 cinerea antice cyaneo, antennis fernigineis, abdomine lanceolato subtus 

 lurido, femoribus posterioribus fascia subapicali flavescente,tarsis albis, 

 alis cinereis medio apiceque late fuseescentibus. 



Male and Female. Black; head blue in front, with a cinereous stripe 

 above ; antennte ferruginous ; pectus with shght cinereous tomentum ; 

 abdomen lanceolate, lurid beneath ; femora yellowish towards the base ; 

 posterior femora with a yellowish subapical band ; tarsi white, except 

 at the base ; wings cinereous ; middle part and tips broadly and dif- 

 fusedly brownish ; veins black ; cubital and praebrachial veins con- 

 verging towards each other beyond the discal transverse vein; the 

 latter straight, not oblique, parted by less than its length from the 

 border, and by more than four times its length from the discal trans- 

 verse vein. Length of the body 4-4^ lines ; of the wings 7i-8 lines. 



75. Calobata plagiata, n. s. Fcem. Nigra, gracilis, oculis lurido 

 cinctis, antennis brevissimis, abdomine apicem versus lanceolato, pe- 

 dibus piceis, femoribus posterioribus vix dilatatis, tarsis basi testaceis, 

 alis subcinereis apice obscurioribus fascia nigricante latissima. 



Female. Black, slender, with slight cinereous tomentum; head lurid 

 about the eyes ; antennae very short ; abdomen lanceolate hindward ; 

 legs piceous, long, slender ; posterior femora ferruginous, very slightly 

 dilated ; tarsi testaceous towards the base ; wings slightly cinereous, 

 darker cinereous at the tips, with a very broad middle blackish band ; 

 veins black ; cubital and praebrachial veins slightly converging towards 

 each other exteriorly ; discal transverse vein straight, parted by much 

 less than its length from the border, and by nearly four times its length 

 from the praebrachial transverse. Length of the body 3^ lines ; of the 

 wings 6 lines. 



Subfam. Ps glides, Walk. 



Gen. Micropeza, Macq. 



76. Micropeza FORFicuLoiDES, n. s. Mas. Nigra, cyhndrica, gra- 

 cillima, subcompressa, thorace antico atteuuato, abdomine apice forci- 

 pato, pedibus posterioribus longissimis, femoribus posterioribus fulvis, 

 alis nigricautibus postice cinereis. 



Male. Black, cylindrical, somewhat compressed, very slender ; antennee 

 short; 3rd joint conical, longer than the 2nd; thorax attenuated in 

 front ; abdomen less than twice the length of the thorax, furnished at 



