108 CATALOGUE OF 



wings deep black ; each with a small transverse white spot in the middle, 

 and with a small round white spot near the tip. Length of the body 

 6 lines. 



a. Santarem. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



39. Pirates 2eneus. 



Fcem. JEneus, fere linearis; caput conicum, prothoracis lobo antico 

 paullo brevius, lobo medio fulvo ; antenna picece ; abdomen fulvum ; 

 connexivtnn pnllide flavescens, ceneo maculalum ; pedes pallide Jla- 

 vescenles, femoribus tarsisque piceo fascialis, tibiis piceis basi 

 apicrque Jlavescenlibus ; corium nigricans, striga costali strigisque 

 ditabus transversis albidis, maculis duabus strigaque exteriore tes- 

 taceis costalibus ; membrana pallide cinerea, fusco tristrigata. 



Female. jEneous, nearly linear. Head conical, a little shorter than 

 the fore lobe of the prothorax; ante-ocular part much longer than the 

 post-ocular, its middle lobe tawny. Rosirum tawny. Antennae piceous, 

 more than half the length of the body; first joint shorter than the ante- 

 ocular head ; second full twice as loug as the first. Fore lobe of the 

 prothorax a little more than twice as long as the hind lobe; longitudinal 

 furrows very slight. Abdomen tawny above and in the disk beneath ; con- 

 nexivum pale yellowish, with aeneous spots. Legs pale yellowish; femora 

 and tarsi with piceous bands; tibiae setulose, piceous, pale at each end. 

 Fore wings blackish, with a short subcostal whitish streak, which is con- 

 nected with two transverse whitish streaks ; two testaceous costal spots and 

 an exterior oblique testaceous costal streak ; membrane pale cinereous, 

 with three broad brown streaks. Length of the body 4£ lines. 



a. Amazon Region. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



40. Pirates minu scums. 



Mas. Niger, subfusiformis, subtus piceus ; caput conicum, prothoracis 

 lobo antico paullo longius ; anlennarwn articulus \us brevissimus ; 

 prothoracis lobus anticus valde sulcatus ; pedes picei; alee anticce 

 picece, albido trinotatic. 



Male. Black, subfusiforra, pubescent, piceous beneath. Head conical, 

 a little longer than the lore lobe of the prothorax; ante-ocular part very 

 much longer than the post-ocular. Antenna? pubescent, a little more than 

 half as long as the body ; first joint very short ; second full thrice as long 

 as the first; third very much longer than the second; fourth hardly longer 

 than the third. Fore lobe of the prothorax not much longer than the hind 

 lobe; longitudinal furrows strongly marked. Legs piceous; furrow beneath 

 the bind tibiae less than half the length of the latter. Fore wings piceous, 

 paler at the tips, each with three whitish marks; first and second marks 

 transverse; first mark basal, irregular; second in the middle, joiuing the 

 costa ; third angular, subapical. Length of the body 4h lines. 



a. Columbia. From M. Goudot's collection. 



