70 CATALOGUE OF 



ochracece, costa mridi alba, vitta discoidali nigricante dijfusa; alee 

 posticce nigrce, abdomen Longe superantes, apice spatulatcs alboque 

 maryinatce. 



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

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

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

 perhaps twice longer thanjthe body, with a broad white baud, 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 and 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 

 3ij lines. 



Amazon Region. In Mr. Saunders' collection. 



6. PHYLLOPALPUS ? NIGROVARIUS. 



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

 tarsisqtte anterioribus apice nigricantibus, tibiis poslicis utrinque tri- 

 spinosis ; alee anticce diaphance, laliuscul<e, abdvmen paullo super- 

 antes^ striga subcostali, striga discali angulata fasciaque subapicali 

 nigris ; alee posticce nullce P 



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

 Legs whitish. Anterior tibiae 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 

 subcostal streak, with a black subapical band, and with an angular black 

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

 Length of the body 3 lines. 



The description is taken from an injured specimen. 

 Mexico. In Mr. Saunders' collection. 



7. PHYLLOPALPUS ? GRACILIS. 



Mas. Pallide testaceus, lomenlosus ; antenna gracillima, corpore 

 longiores ; venter apice piceus ; cerci abdomine longiores ; alee anticce 

 latiusculce, abdomen paullo super an te s ; alee posticce abdomine duplo 

 longiores. 



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

 securiform. Antenna? very slender, longer than the body. Abdomen 

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

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

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

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



a. Naital. From M. Gueinzius' collection. 



