480 PSOCID&. 



white in the disk : hind-wings limpid. Length of the body 

 lines ; of the wings 9 lines. 



a. Para. From Mr. Stevens' collection. 



5. THYRSOPHORUS BAMOSUS. 



Piceus ; caput fulvum ; antennce nigrce basi fulvce ; thorax jiavo 

 varius ; tibia flava ; tarsi nigricantes ; alee aniicce fuscce, 

 basi et ad costam limpidce^ apud stigma rvfo-fusccs albo stri- 

 gatce, 



Third joint of the antenn with the pubescence of almost equal 

 thickness along the whole length : fore-wing with two discal areo- 

 lets ; the first a little larger than the second, omitting a vein to the 

 hind border; the second also emitting a vein to the hind border 

 and two towards the tip of the wing, of these the fore one ends in 

 front of the tip of the wing, and the hind one is shortly forked, the 

 fore fork ends at a little in front of the tip of the wing, the hind one 

 has a branch near its base and another a little beyond one- third of 

 its length : the two discal areolets and some space beyond them are 

 adorned with numerous little ramose veinlets, which proceed from 

 the borders to the disks and are here and there united. Pitchy : 

 head tawny : antenna? black, pubescent, full twice the length of the 

 body ; first, second and third joints tawny ; third black towards the 

 tip : thorax yellow on each side and along the borders of the seg- 

 ments : legs pubescent, stout ; tibiae yellow ; tarsi blackish : fore- 

 wings brown, limpid at the base and along the fore border except 

 about the stigma where they are reddish brown ; a whitish streak 

 between the stigma and the tip ; veins blackish; transverse veinlets 

 in the disk white: hind-wings limpid, slightly gray at the tips. 

 Length of the body 2 lines ; of the wings 9 lines. 



a. Para. From Mr. Stevens' collection. 



6. THYRSOPHORUS ANTICUS. 



Fulvus ; caput antice flavum ; antennce lutece apice nigrce ; tarsi 

 apice ferruginei ; alee limpidce, anticce vittis duabus ferrugi- 

 neis, una apice alba, altera apice fusca. 



the tip 



Third joint of the antennae equally pubescent from the base to 

 lip : fore-wing with two discal areolets ; the first full four times 



