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20. SiZATJSCA GRAMINOSA. Mas. Herljida, subtus cinereo fulva; 

 palpis nigris apice pallide cinereis; antcnnis cinereis fernigineo 

 ramosis; abdomine cinereo cervino vitta lata fasciculo que apicali 

 viridilius; alis anticis nigro conspersis, liiieis quatuor transversis 

 aiigulosis liturisque marginalibus nigais, plaga discoiJali fusca; alis 

 posticis cinereo-cervinis. 



Male. Grass green, cinereous fawn colour beneath. Palpi black, 

 pale cinereous towards the tips. Antennte cinereous, with ferru- 

 ginous branches. Abdomen cinereous fawn colour, with a broad 

 green stripe; apical tuft wholly green. Femora and tibiae thickly 

 clothed with green hairs. Fore wings thickly and minutely black 

 speckled; two antemedial and two postmedial zig-zag transverse 

 l)lack lines; an intermediate brown patch in the disk; a row of 

 irregular black marginal marks; fringe cinereous, with black spots. 

 nind wings cinereous fawn colour. Length of the body 10^ 

 lines; of the wings 27 lines. 



Gen. ViANA. 

 Mas. Corpus sat gracile. Caput sat magnum, thorace arete 

 insertum. Pi-oboscis nulla. Palpi validi, porrecti, subpilosi, 

 ca})ut paullo superantes ; articulus 3"' acutus, brevissimus. 

 Antennse breviusculse, late pectinatn3. Abdomen breve; fasciculus 

 apicalus longus, subcompressus. Pedes breves, gi'aciles, femoribus 

 tibiis que subfimbriatis, tibiis posticis apice bicalcaratis. Alas 

 anticaj latse, apice subrotundatae, margine exteriore convexo sub- 

 obliquo, areola discoidali brevi. Alse posticje abdomen longa^ 

 superantes, margine exteriore subangulato. 



Male. Body rather slender. Head rather large, deeply insertt'<l 

 in the thorax. Proboscis ol)solete. Palpi stout, porrect, clothed 

 with short hairs, extending a little beyond the head; 3rd joint 

 acute, very short. Antennco rather short, ])roadly pectinatt'd; 

 joints very short. Abdomen much shorter than the interior 

 l)order of the hind wings; apical tuft elongate, slightly compressed. 

 Legs short, slender; femora and tibia3 thinly fringed; hind tibiae 

 with two long slender apical spurs. Wings broad. Fore Aving.s 

 more thickly clothed at the bas(^, slightly rounded at tlu^ tips; 

 extcnior border rounded, slightly oblicjue; discoidal arcolct near 

 the costa, extending to somewhat beyond one-third of the length; 

 2iid median nervuh; very slightly more remote from the 3rd than 



