190 ARCTIAD3. 



11 slightly anastomosing witb P, 9 to form a large areole; the medial area on 

 underside occiiitiiHl hv a hirpe patdi of andrueonia. the costa fringed with short 

 hair below. Hind w"ing ample, hmger than fore wing ; vein 2 from well before 

 angle of cell ; 3, 4 coincident ; .'j absent : 0, 7 from upper angle ; 8 from middle 

 of cell, curved ; the costa fringed with long hair. 



388. Disaulota leptalina. 



Areva leptalina, Druco, Biol. Centr.-Am., Het. i. p. 133, pi. 13. f. 5 (1885); 

 Kirbv, Cat. llet. p. 338. 



c? . White ; head and thorax tinged with purplish fuscous ; 

 (abdomen wanting). Fore wing with some purplish fuscous on 



Fig. 109. — Disaidota leptalina, cJ. \. 



costa and at base of inner margin ; the whole medial area suffused 

 with purplish fuscous, extending on inner area to tornus. Hind 

 wing with some fuscous grey on termen below middle. 



Ilah. Costa Eica, Cache (i?o^fr.s), 1 c? type, Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 Exji. 40 millim. 



Genus MACROPTILA. 



Type. 



Macroptila, Dognin, Ann. Soc. Ent. Beige, xxxviii. ji. 129 (1894)... erinada. 



Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, not reaching vertex of head and 

 clothed with downturned hairs; antennaj of male with bristles and cilia; tibiaj 

 with the spurs moderate ; abdomen clothed with rough hair. Fore wing long 

 and narrow ; vein 2 from beyond middle of cell ; 3 from well before angle ; 

 4, 5 shortly stalked; 7 stalked with 8, 9 ; 11 curved and becoming coincident 

 with 12 ; male with the costa fringed with short hair below. Hind wing very 

 ample ; vein 2 from middle of cell ; 3 from close to angle ; 4, 5 stalked; 6, 7 

 stalked ; 8 from middle of cell. 



Sect. I. Fore wing with vein 6 from well below angle of cell ; 7 shortly 

 stalked with 8, 9 ; 10 free ; male with a fringe of very long hair 

 in cell above median uervure ; hind wing with a large patch of 

 audroconia below the costa beyond middle. 



389. Macroptila erinada. 



Macroptila erinada, Dognin, Ann. Soc. Ent. Beige, xxxviii. p. 129 (1894) ; 

 id. Lep. Loja, p. IIU, pi. xi. ff. 16, 17. 



S . Head and thorax fuscous ; antennae fulvous towards ex- 

 tremity ; abdomen yellowish white, the anal tuft orange. Fore wing- 

 whitish ; the costa yellowish, dark towards base; the inner area 



