78 LEPTOCERIDiE. 



veins, and with some oblique dark brown streaks, one of ihem form- 

 ing a curved band across the wing. Length of the body 2| lines ; 

 of the wings 7 lines. 

 a. Sierra Leone. Presented by the Rev, D. F. Morgan. 



Note. — The three preceding species are very nearly allied to 

 each other. 



15. MaCRONEMA ? APICALIS. 



Testacea ; thoracis dorsum nigrum ; alee apice nigricantes. 



Testaceous : head wanting : disk of the thorax black, clothed 

 with testaceous hairs : wings clothed with testaceous down, and 

 towards the tips with black dow^n ; hind-wings very iridescent. 

 Length of the body 3 lines ; of the wings 10 lines. 



a. Venezuela. Frona Mr. Dyson's collection. 



Genus 6. LEPTONEMA. 



Corpus elongatum. Palpi maxillares 5-articulati ; articulus 

 lus brevis ; 2us lo duplo longior ; 3us 2o paullo brevior et crassior : 

 4us validus, li ongitudine ; 5us gracilior, prEecedentibus conjunc- 

 tis longitudine. Palpi labialis triarticulati ; articuli lus et 2us sat 

 longi, aequales ; 3us gracilior lo et 2o conjuiictim longior. 



Leptonema, Gueriti, Icon. Regne Anim. Texte, 396. 



1. Leptonema pallida. 



Pallide Jiava ; antennis fusco annulatis ; alis cinero-fiavis seml- 

 hyalinis. 



Leptonema pallida, Guer. Icon. Regne Anim. Texte, 396. 



Brazil. 



Genus 7. POLYMORPHANISUS, m. 



Palpi brevissimi : antenucB setaceae, longissimcE, gracillimae: 

 tibiae apice brevi-calcaratce ; tarsi dilatati : alse anticoe nudse venulis 

 trausversis nonnullis apud areolam costalem. 



This genus seems to indicate an affinity between the Planipen- 

 nides and the Phryganides. Head with a triangular compartment 



