70 CATALOGUE OF 



ochracece, cosla viridi alba, vilta discoidaii nigricante diffusa; alee 

 posticm nigra, abdomen longe superantes, apice spatulatm alboque 

 marginaUe. 

 Female. Black, slender. Head a little broader than the pro thorax ; 

 vertex and front ochraceous ; hind border black. Eyes livid. Third 

 joint of the palpi elliptical, dilated. Autennae very slender, longer and 

 perhaps twice longer lhan|lhe body, with a broad while band, ochraceous at 

 the base. Prothorax with ochraceous sides and with an ochraceous stripe, 

 on each side of which there are two ochraceous dots. Oviduct tawny, 

 curved upward, as long as the abdomen; hind femora whitish on the inner 

 side, with two oblique whitish stripes on the outer side aud with ochraceous 

 tips; hind tibiae with three slender wide apart spines. Fore wings ferru- 

 ginous, extending a little beyond the tip of the abdomen ; costa greenish 

 white ; a diffuse blackish stripe in the disk, black and determinate near the 

 base, which is ochraceous. Hind wings black, extending much beyond the 

 abdomen, with spatulate vertical white-bordered tip. Length of the body 

 3£ lines. 

 Amazon Region. In Mr. Saunders' collection. 



6. Phyllopalpus ? NiGROVAEIUS. 

 Mas. Niger; abdomen albidum ; pedes albidi, libiis anlerioribus basi 

 tarsisque anterioribus apice nigricanlibus, tibiis posticis utrinque tri- 

 spinosis ; ales anticte diaphante, latiusculce, abdomen paullo super- 

 antes, slriga subcoslali, striya diseali angulata fasciaque snbapicali 

 nig) is ; alee posticce nullce r 

 Male. Black. Eyes rather prominent. Abdomen whitish above. 

 Legs whitish. Anterior tibia? blackish at the base ; anterior tarsi blackish 

 at the tips; hind tibiae with three slender spines beyond the middle. 

 Fore wings pellucid, extending a little beyond the abdomen, with a black 

 subcostarstreak, with a black subapical band, and with an angular black 

 streak in the disk. Hind wings not extending beyond the fore wings. 

 Length of the body 3 lines. 



The description is taken from an injured specimen. 

 Mexico. In Mr. Saunders' collection. 



7. Phyllopalpus ? gracilis. 



Mas. Pallide teslaceus, tnmenlosus ; antenna gracillimce, corpnre 



longiores ; venter apice piceus ; cerci abdomine longiores ; aim anticte 



latiusculce, abdomen paullo superantes ; alee postica? abdomine duplo 



longiores. 



Male. Pale testaceous, tomentose. Third joint of the palpi slighlly 



securiform. Antennas very slender, longer than the body. Abdomen 



piceous at the tip beneath. Cerci longer than the abdomen. Legs slender, 



hind tibia? with three spines beyond the middle. Fore wings extending a 



little beyond the abdomen, which they exceed in breadth. Hind wiags 



about twice the length of the abdomen. Length of the body 4 lines. 



a. Natal. From M. Gueinzius' collection. 



