60 CATALOGUE OF 



Female. Black, elliptical, pubescent, very finely punctured. Head 

 extending very little beyond the prothorax. Eyes small, very wide apart. 

 Palpi piceous. Antennae shorter tiian the body, luleous at the base, and 

 with a luteous band near the tips. Prothorax with yellowish bristles along 

 the fore border and along each side. Abdomen beneath with a very larj^je 

 luteous spot on each side extending from the base to half the length. 

 Cerci luteous. Legs piceous, very stout ; femora setose ; tibiie wiih luteous 

 spines. Wings extending much beyond the abdomeu. Fore wings with 

 a large luteous spot at the base and with an irregular luteous band beyond 

 the middle ; membranous part brown ; costa rounded, with bristles towards 

 the base. Hind wings brownish. Length of the body 2^ lines; of the 

 wings 6 lines. 



The unspotted thorax and the markings of the fore wings dislinguisli 

 this species from £!. pacifira. 



a. Orizaba. From M. Salle's collection. 



Genus 3. MELESTORA. 

 Melestora, Slal, Eug. Resa, 3il ; Sauss. Hist. Nat. Mex. iii. 149. 



1. Melestora adspersipennis. 

 Melestora adspersipennis, Slal, Eug. Resa, Ins. 311, pi. 5, f. 2. 

 Brazil. 



2. Melestora fuscella. 

 Melestora fuscella, Stal, Eug. Resa, Ins. 311. 

 Brazil. 



3. Melestora ornata. 

 Melestora ornata, Sauss. Rev. Zool. xxvii. 341. 

 Hindostan. 



Genus 4. HOLOCOMPSA. 

 Holocompsa, Burnt. Handb. Ent. ii. 491. Sauss. Hist. Nat. Mex. iii. 150. 



1. Holocompsa cyanea. 



Holocompsa cyanea, Burm. Handb. Ent. ii. 492 ; Sauss. Hist. Nat. Mex, 



iii. 150. 

 St. Thomas. Cuba. Mauritius. 



2. Holocompsa collaris. 



Holocompsa collaris, Burm. Handb. Ent. ii. 492. Gu6r. Ins. Cuba (in 

 Ramon de la Sagra), 332, pi. 12, f. 3. Sauss. Hist. Nat. Alex. iii. 151. 



West Indies. Mauritius. 



3. Holocompsa fulva. 

 Holocompsa fulva, Burm. Handb. Ent. ii. 492. 

 Egypt. 



