17 



from the 1st. Hind wings most thickly clothed along the interior 

 border; exterior border slightly angular in the middlf. 



21. VlAXA VELUTINA. j\[(i>i. Cervina; corpore subtus pal])is 

 subtus pedibusque albido testaceis; alis anticis linea postniedia 

 nigricante obliqua fere recta intus concisa extus diffusa; alis 

 posticis ochraceis, linea transversa arcuata fuscescente extus dif- 

 fusa, spatio exteriore margineque interiore cervinis. 



Male. Fawn colour. Body, palpi beneath, and legs whitish 

 testaceous. Fore wings with a ))lackish oblique nearly straight 

 postmedial line, which is concise on the inner side, and diffuse on 

 the outer side. Hind wings ochraceous, except along the interior 

 border, for full two thirds of the length from the base, tliis line 

 bounded by a curved brownish line, which is diffuse on the outer 

 side. Length of the body 6^ lines, of the fore wings 21 lines. 



Gen. Vaena. 



Fa'm. Corpus sat robustum. Caput parvuni, thorace arete 

 insertum; frons plana. Proboscis brevissima, gracillima. Palpi 

 porrecti, brevissimi, gracillimi, caput non superantes; articulus 

 3"' minimus. Antennse glabra). Abdomen alas posticas paullo 

 superans. Pedes laeves, breves, graciles; femora sulcata; calcaria 

 parva. Alse, anticse longse, acutae, costa perparum convexa, mar- 

 gine exteriore angulato autice recto subobliquo postice excavato 

 perobliquo. AlcB postiese apice fere rectangulatix". 



Femnle. Body rather stout. Head small, deeply inserted in 

 the thorax ; front flat. Proboscis very short and slender. Pal])i 

 porrect, very short and slender, not extending l)eyond the liead ; 

 3rd joint extremely minute. Antennae sniootli. Abdomen ex- 

 tending a little beyond the hind wings. Legs smooth, short, 

 slender; femora grooved; hin<l til)ia^ with four short spurs. 

 Wings moderately broad. Fore wings long, acute ; costa very 

 slightly rounded; exterior border angular in the middle, its fore 

 half straight and slightly oblique, its hind half conca\(! and veiy 

 oblique. Hind wings nearly rectangular at the tips ; intt-rior 

 border receding from the abdomen. 



22. Yaexa EACLEOIDES. Firm. Lutea; thorace purpureo-rufo ; 

 alis gutta discoidali nigra, atomis iasciis(|ue tribus obli((uis inde- 



