MACRONEMA. , 285 



2. M. chalybeum ! 



Macroncma chalybeum Hagen ! 



Blackisb-fuscous ; antennae black, the basal article orange ; head 

 orange, each side anteriorly with an oblique fuscous line; palpi 

 black; thorax rufous, the disk fuscous; feet bright sulphureous; 

 abdomen luteous ; anterior wings blackish-fuscous, nude, with a 

 steel-blue reflection, veins with golden hair; posterior wings fus- 

 cous. Male. 



Length to tip of wings 13 millim. Alar expanse 25 millim. 



Hab. Cuba (Poey). 



3. M. aeneum! 



Macronema aeneum. Hagen! 



Fuscous; antennse, ? basal article fulvous; palpi fuscous ; head 

 fulvous; thorax fulvous, each side with a fuscous stripe; abdomen 

 luteous ; tibias fulvous, all the tarsi and the posterior tibiae fuscous; 

 anterior wings nude, fuscous, with a brilliant brazen reflection, 

 veins fuscous ; posterior wings fuscous. Female. 



Length to tip of wings 12 millim. Alar expanse 23 millim. 



Bab. Mexico (Salle). 



May it not be the female of the preceding ? The specimen is 

 mutilated. 



4. M. flavum! 



Macronema Jiavum Hagen ! 



Yellow, pale ; antennae yellow, slightly annulated with fuscous ; 

 palpi, head, thorax, feet, and abdomen pale yellow ; anterior wings 

 yellow, subnude, a little clothed with golden hair, veins and cilia 

 yellow; posterior wings whitish-yellow, ciliated with pale. Male. 



Length to tip of wings 9 millim. Alar expanse 17 millim. 



Hab. St. Louis, Missouri (Osten Sacken). 



5. M. zebratum! 



Macronema zebratum Hagen ! 



Brassy-fuscous, spotted with yellow ; antennae black, head, tho- 

 rax and abdomen brassy-fuscous ; palpi yellow ; feet yellow, the 

 anterior tibiae and base of the femora a little infuscated ; posterior 

 tibias witli long, yellow spines; anterior wings subnude, yellow, 

 with longitudinal stripes at base, and transverse ones on the disk, 



