﻿Species 
  of 
  the 
  Genus 
  Trichostibas. 
  231) 
  

  

  be 
  u 
  cFune 
  jolie 
  couleur 
  violette 
  " 
  ; 
  it 
  appears 
  from 
  his 
  figure 
  

   that 
  he 
  has 
  seen 
  the 
  perpendicular 
  fibrils, 
  

  

  1 
  now 
  give 
  descriptions 
  of 
  three 
  of 
  the 
  moths 
  belonging 
  

   (or, 
  in 
  one 
  case, 
  probably 
  belonging) 
  to 
  the 
  said 
  cocoons 
  and 
  

   of 
  one 
  more, 
  to 
  which 
  no 
  biological 
  information 
  ac 
  all 
  is 
  

   appendtd. 
  

  

  1. 
  Trichostibas 
  merida 
  Strand 
  sp. 
  n. 
  

  

  2 
  ? 
  ? 
  and 
  2 
  g 
  $ 
  from 
  Merida 
  (Flahuel 
  leg.). 
  

  

  Related 
  to 
  Tr. 
  fumosa 
  Z., 
  but 
  the 
  male 
  has 
  no 
  " 
  aus 
  

   ockergelben, 
  kuvzen, 
  gedrangten 
  Haarschuppen 
  gebildeten 
  

   Fleck 
  " 
  on 
  the 
  underside 
  of 
  the 
  primaries, 
  the 
  markings 
  

   differ 
  (also 
  from 
  those 
  of 
  the 
  likewise 
  nearly 
  related 
  Tr. 
  i 
  mi- 
  

   tans, 
  F. 
  et 
  ligh.)> 
  & 
  c 
  - 
  

  

  ? 
  . 
  Labial 
  palpi, 
  face, 
  head, 
  and 
  antennas 
  black 
  with 
  in- 
  

   distinct 
  violet 
  sheen 
  ; 
  abdomen 
  brownish 
  black, 
  with 
  at 
  least 
  

   at 
  the 
  end 
  of 
  the 
  upperside 
  a 
  little 
  violet 
  sheen. 
  Thorax 
  

   with 
  patagia 
  greyish 
  .black. 
  Primaries 
  dark 
  brown, 
  with 
  

   cupreous-violet 
  sheen 
  and 
  with 
  dirty 
  greyish-white 
  markino-s, 
  

   as 
  follows 
  : 
  across 
  the 
  wing 
  at 
  the 
  end 
  of 
  the 
  basal 
  third 
  are 
  

   three 
  longish 
  spots 
  — 
  an 
  upper, 
  which 
  is 
  distant 
  from 
  the 
  

   costal 
  edge 
  about 
  the 
  length 
  of 
  the 
  shortest 
  diameter 
  ; 
  a 
  lower, 
  

   which 
  is 
  a 
  little 
  more 
  remote 
  from 
  the 
  dorsal 
  edge 
  than 
  the 
  

   upper 
  is 
  from 
  the 
  costal 
  edge 
  ; 
  further 
  a 
  twice 
  as 
  long 
  central 
  

   spot: 
  just 
  beyond 
  themiddleof 
  the 
  wing 
  is 
  a 
  broad 
  band, 
  broken 
  

   up 
  in 
  two 
  or 
  more 
  spots, 
  an 
  upper, 
  longish 
  oval 
  one 
  touching 
  

   the 
  costal 
  edge, 
  and 
  a 
  middle 
  in 
  and 
  at 
  the 
  end 
  of 
  the 
  cell, 
  

   which 
  two 
  spots 
  at 
  the 
  inner 
  end 
  almost 
  unite, 
  but 
  towards 
  

   the 
  margin 
  distinctly 
  diverge 
  ; 
  the 
  middle 
  spot 
  unites 
  with 
  a 
  

   dirty 
  greyish-white 
  cloud, 
  which 
  extends 
  along 
  the 
  dorsal 
  

   edge 
  and 
  perhaps 
  sometimes 
  appears 
  as 
  a 
  distinct 
  third 
  spot. 
  

   Along 
  the 
  outer 
  margin 
  is 
  a 
  band 
  in 
  the 
  middle 
  widening 
  so 
  

   as 
  to 
  form 
  a 
  tooth, 
  that 
  almost 
  unites 
  with 
  the 
  middle 
  

   spot 
  of 
  the 
  submedian 
  band. 
  The 
  veins 
  partly 
  dark 
  brown. 
  

   The 
  edge 
  of 
  the 
  wing 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  the 
  cilia 
  like 
  the 
  ground- 
  

   colour. 
  Underside 
  of 
  the 
  primaries 
  dark 
  brown, 
  wi:hout 
  the 
  

   sheen 
  or 
  the 
  spots 
  of 
  the 
  upperside. 
  Secondaries 
  rather 
  

   transparent 
  on 
  the 
  basal 
  half, 
  opaque, 
  blackish 
  on 
  the 
  distal 
  

   especially 
  at 
  the 
  apex. 
  Underside 
  more 
  uniformly 
  dusky 
  

   than 
  the 
  upperside, 
  but 
  nevertheless 
  lighter 
  than 
  the 
  under- 
  

   side 
  of 
  the 
  primaries. 
  Cilia 
  as 
  dark 
  as 
  on 
  the 
  primaries. 
  

   Ovipositor 
  about 
  2-3 
  mm. 
  protruding, 
  brownish. 
  Alar 
  

   expanse 
  32"5 
  mm., 
  alar 
  length 
  16 
  mm., 
  length 
  of 
  the 
  body 
  

   (without 
  ovipositor) 
  12 
  mm. 
  

  

  <$ 
  differs 
  from 
  the 
  ? 
  in 
  being 
  smaller 
  (alar 
  expanse 
  

  

  