Species of the Genus Trlchostibas. 239 



be ''d'uiie jolie couleur violelte ^' ; it appears from his figure 

 that he has seen the perpendicular fibrils. 



1 now give descriptions of three of the motlis belonging 

 (or, in one case, probably belonging) to the said cocoons and 

 of one more, to which no biological information at all is 

 appended. 



1. Trichostibas merida Strand 



sp. 



2 ? ? and 2^6 f'om Merida {Rahnel leg.) . 



Related to 'Tr. famosa 7i., but the male has no " aus 

 ockergelben, kurzen, gedriingten Haarschuppen gebildeten 

 Fleck " on the underside of the primaries, the markings 

 differ (also from those of the likewise nearly related Tr. imi- 

 tans, F. et Ugh.), &c. 



? . Labial palpi, face, head, and antennjB black with in- 

 distinct violet sheen ; abdomen brownish black, with at least 

 at the end of the upperside a little violet sheen. Thorax 

 with patagia greyish black. Primaries dark brown, wilh 

 cupreous-violet sheen and with dirty greyish-white markings, 

 as follows : across the wing at the end of the basal third are 

 three longish spots — an upper, which is distant from the 

 costal edge about the length of tlie shortest diameter ; a lower, 

 which is a little more remote from the dorsal edge than the 

 upper is from the costal edge ; further a twice as long central 

 S|)Ot : just beyond the middleof the wing is a broad band, broken 

 up in two or more spots, an upper, longish oval one touching 

 the costal edge, and a middle in and at the end of the cell, 

 which two spots at the inner end almost unite, but towards 

 the margin distinctly diverge ; the middle spot unites with a 

 dirty greyish-white cloud, which extends along the dorsal 

 edge and perhaps sometimes appears as a distinct third spot. 

 Along the outer margin is a band in the middle wideninfj- so 

 as to form a tooth, that almost unites with the middle 

 spot of the submedian band. The veins partly dark brown. 

 The edge of the wing as well as the cilia like the ground- 

 colour. Underside of the primaries dark brown, without the 

 sheen or the spots of the upperside. Secondaries rather 

 transparent on the basal half, opaque, blackish on the distal, 

 especially at the apex. Uudersijde more uniformly dusky 

 than the upperside, but nevertheless lighter than the under- 

 side of the primaries. Cilia as dark as on the primaries. 

 Ovipositor about 2-3 mm. protruding, brownish. Alar 

 expanse 32* 5 mm., alar length 16 mm., length of the body 

 (without ovipositor) 12 mm. 



cJ differs from the $ in being smaller (alar expanse 



