in the Collection of W, W. Saunders, Esq. 177 



longer than the body ; fore-wings indistinctly marked with grey ; 

 stigma white, oblong ; hind wings blackish-grey. 



Length of the body 4 lines; of the wings 10 lines. 



Brazil. 



Leptocenis. ahjurans. 



Mas. — Niger, subtus testaceus, antennis testaceis, fusco-annu- 

 latis corpore quadruple longioribus, alis obscure fuscis cupreo 

 vix nitentibus. 



Male. — Black, testaceous beneath : antennae testaceous, slender, 

 with brown rings, about four times the length of the body ; wings 

 dark brown, with an indistinct cupreous tinge; hind-wings a little 

 paler than the fore-wings. 



Length of the body 4 lines; of the wings 12 lines. 



Brazil. 



Leptocerus quadrifurca. 



Mas. — Niger, subtus testaceus, antennis fuscis, abdomine lurido, 

 alis anticis fuscis, vittis duabus strigaque transversa sub- 

 apicali biramosa aureo-tomentosis, alis posticis fuscescente 

 cinereis. 



Male. — Black, testaceous beneath ; antennae brown, slender ; 

 abdomen lurid ; fore-wings brown, with two stripes of gilded to- 

 mentum ; one costal, the other discal ; a gilded transverse sub- 

 apical streak, emitting two branches towards the tip of the wing; 

 hind-wings brownish-cinereous. 



Length of the body 4 lines; of the wings 11 lines. 



Brazil. 



Genus Macronema, Pictet. 



Macronema j^ercitans. 



Mas. — Nigra, subtus testacea, capite smaragdino, antennis fulvis 

 corpore quadruplo longioribus, thorace vittis quatuor smarag- 

 dinis, abdomine lurido fasciis fuscis, alis anticis fuscis, spatio 

 sub-apicali pallido fusco-nebuloso fasciamque fuscam inclu- 

 dente, alis posticis cinereis apice fuscescentibus. 



Male, — Black, testaceous beneath : head with emerald-green 

 tomentum ; antennae tawny, very slender, somewhat darker to- 

 wards the tips, about four times the length of the body ; thorax 

 with four emerald-green stripes ; abdomen lurid, with brown 

 bands ; fore-wings brown, paler along the costa, and with a broad, 



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