448 CATALOGUE OF 



black towards the tip, much shorter than the abdomen. Legs stout; spines 

 black or with black tips ; hind femora a little more than two-thirds of the 

 length of the fore wings, with three irregular blackish bands. Wings rather 

 short. Fore wings pale cinereous, longer by one line and a half than the 

 hind wings; areolels large, irregular; some elongated brown spots along 

 the interior border; veins tawny, blackish between the scapular and the 

 costa; reticulation whitish. Hind wings blackish; longitudinal veins 

 tawny ; transverse veins white. Length of the body 15 22 lines; expan- 

 sion of the fore wings 3039 lines. 



a, 6. ? Presented by Major-Gen. Hardwicke. 



26. MERONCIDICS DISCOIDALIS. 



Mas. Futvus ; vertex et prothoracis discus picei ; prothorax rugulosus, 

 nigricante bivittatus ; styli longi, cylindrici ; pedes robusti ; alcB 

 anticce testaceo reticulates et venosce, nigricante notatec ; alee posticce 

 breviores, nigro-cinerece. 



Male. Tawny. Vertex of the head and disk of the prothorax piceous. 

 Head pale testaceous, with two piceous stripes on each side between the 

 eye and the hind border. Eyes tawny, round, prominent. Antennas brown, 

 tawny at the base. Prothorax rugulose, with two irregular blackish stripes 

 and with two strongly impressed transverse lines. Cerci very thick, slightly 

 curved. Styles long, cylindrical. Legs stout, mostly testaceous ; spines 

 with black tips; hind femora five-eighths of the length of the fore wings. 

 Fore wings cinereous, tapering slightly towards the tips, longer by three 

 lines than the hind wings, with many blackish not reticulated marks 

 adjoining the veins, which like the reticulation are pale testaceous; areolets 

 mostly large and regular; scapular vein parallel to the externo-medial till 

 near the tip, where it diverges to the costa. Hind wings blackish 

 cinereous ; veins ferruginous, testaceous along the costa ; sectors regular. 

 Length of the body 18 lines; expansion of the fore wings 46 lines. 



a. Jamaica. From Mr. Gosse's collection. 



27. MERONCIDIUS LATIVITTATUS. 



Mas. Fulvus, gracilis ; caput antice nigrum ; prothorax taberculatus , 

 piceo latissime univittalus ; styli lineares ; pedes sat graciles ; al& 

 anticcB angustce, nigro subtiliter notalce ; alee posticcs cinerece. 



Male. Tawny, slender. Head smooth, shining ; fore part black. 

 Eyes piceous. Prothorax tuberculate, with a very broad piceous stripe and 

 with two strongly impressed transverse lines. Styles of the subgenital 

 lamina linear. Legs rather slender; hind femora nearly two-thirds of the 

 length of the fore wings. Fore wings narrow, longer by one line and a 

 half than the hind wings, with many minute black marks, which all join the 

 veins. Hind wings cinereous ; longitudinal veins brown ; transverse 

 veins paler. Length of the body 13 lines ; expansion of the fore wings 

 26 lines. 



a . Sanlarera. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



