(lioque exteriore strigani latam guttaui posticani gnttasque margi- 

 iiales albas incliulente nigris; ali.s posticis margine lato iiigao allio- 

 guttato. 



Male. Ocliraceous. Head, proboscis, antcnnai, and tliorax deep 

 black. Head white along the eyes beneath, with a white dot on 

 each side of the front, and with an anterior white band; under 

 side ochraceons. Palpi ochraceous, rising higher than the vertex. 

 3d joint deep black, linear, as long as the 2d. Antcnnce modcsrately 

 pectinated. Thorax with four white; dots, and with six posterior 

 white stripes. Alxlomen brown, ochraceous at the base; a white 

 band on the hind border of each segment; apical tuft very small. 

 Legs brown, striped with Avhite. Fore wings with a black costa 

 and a black subcostal line; almost half the exterior surface black, 

 including a broad oljlique white streak in the disk, a white dot 

 near the interior angle, and wliite marginal dots. Hind wings 

 with a broad black border, and with marginal dots like those of 

 the fore wings. Length of the Ijody 9^ lines; of the fore wings 

 32 lines. See Plate V, Fig. 5. 



Gen. SURINA. 

 Fwm. Corpus robustum, lajve. Proboscis brevis. Palpi graciles, 

 hmgissimi, verticera valde superantes; articulus 3"^ subclavatus, 2° 

 longior. Antennro validie, subtillissime pubescentes. Thorax 

 squamosus. Abdomen alas posticas paullo superans. Pedes 

 robusti, liBves; calcaria valida. Ala? anticaa longffi, angust^e, sub- 

 fusiformes, costa perparum rotundata, margine exteriore perobliquo. 



Female. Body stout, smooth. Proboscis short. Pal})i smootli, 

 slender, very long, rising very high above tlie vertex; 3rd joijit 

 subclavate, longer than the 2nd. Antennrc stout, extremely 

 minutely pubescent. Thorax squamous. Abdomen extending a 

 little beyond the hind Avings. Legs stout, smooth; hind til)i;e 

 with four stout spurs, one in each pair much longer than tlic 

 other. AVings long. Fore wings narrow, sul)fusiform, roundcMl 

 at the tips; costa very slightly rounded; exterior border rounded, 

 extremely oblique. 



The greater length of tlie 3rd joint of the pal[)i, and the 

 rounded 1)asal part of the costa of the fore wing, distinguisli this 

 genus from llijpsa. 



11. SurJXA IIYI'SdlDES. Foiii. Pallide cincrca, subtus lutea; 



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