288 CATALOGUE OF 



Genus 68. MOSSULA. 



Mas etfcem. Corpus gracile. Caput longiusculum, cornu parvo por- 

 recto rotundato carinisque duabus anticis: Irons obliqua. Oculi fere 

 elliptici, valde globosi. Palporum articulus 3us 4o fere duplo longior; 5us 

 subclavatus, 3o longior. Antennae graciles, corpore quadruplo longiores. 

 Prothorax postice angustior, sulcis duobus transversis, 2a arcuata, margine 

 antico rotundato, lateribus subrotundatis, margine postieo recto. Oviduetus 

 subarcuatus, abdomine paullo brevior. Pedes graciles; femora quatuor 

 anteriora uniseriatim spinulosa; femora postica et tibia3 quatuor anteriores 

 biseriatim spinulosa ; tibia? poslicse quadriseriatim spinulosa?. Alae anticae 

 confertissime reticulatae. 



Male and female. Body slender, smooth, convex. Head elongate, 

 with a short rounded porrect horn extending from between the eyes to 

 between the antenna?, where it is accompanied by a keel on each side; front 

 oblique. Eyes nearly elliptical, very prominent. Maxillary palpi pubescent ; 

 third joint nearly twice the length of the fourth; fifth subelavate, longer 

 than the third. Antennae slender, about four times the length of the body. 

 Prolhorax narrower hindward, with two transverse furrows; the hinder one 

 curved, approaching the fore one on each side ; fore border rounded in the 

 middle ; sides slightly rounded ; hind border straight, notched on each side. 

 Oviduct slightly curved upward, a little shorter than the abdomen. Legs 

 slender; four anterior femora with a single row of eight minute spines on 

 each ; hind femora with two rows of numerous small spines ; four anterior 

 tibiae with two rows of about twelve minute spines; hind tibiae with four 

 rows of numerous small spines. Wings extending somewhat beyond the 

 abdomen. Fore wings very thickly and irregularly reticulated. 



The much longer legs distinguish this genus from Nicsara. 



1. MOSSULA VITTICOLLTS. 



Mas et foam. Fulva ; prothorax et capitis vertex niyro vittata ; caput 

 testaceum, lituris duabus punctisque quatuor niyris ; antenna picece, 

 basi fulvce; protkorax maryine niyro, macnlis duabus sutcisque 

 nigricantibus ; abdominis seymenta fusco maryinata; alee postica 

 cinerecB. 



Male and female. Tawny. Prothorax and vertex of the head with a 

 black stripe. Head testaceous; front with an angular black mark on each 

 side near the antenna?, and with a black point on each side near the 

 face, which also has two black points. Antennae piceous, tawny towards 

 the base. Prolhorax wilh a black border, with a blackish spot on each 

 side of the disk, and with blackish furrows. Hind borders of the abdominal 

 segments brown. Wings with testaceous veins. Hind wings cinereous. 

 Length of the body 21 24 lines; expansion of the wings 42 52 lines. 



a, b. ? From Mr. Macgillivray's collection. 



