Bl l l.i. I l\ 111 -ii \i <u COMPARATIVE ZOOLOGY. 



CALAMOCERATIDAE. 



Vh\ l.l.oh QB LITURATUB, 5p. iha . 



Type. M. C. Z. 10,901. Colombia: Mariquito, 5 February 



I B. Williams,,,,). 



Black; lower part of head, labia] palpi, basal joint of antennae, posterior 

 warts, and the prothorax yellow, with mostly yellow bair. Abdomen below 

 and basal half above yellowish, last four segments above brown. Femora 



pale, middle and hind tibiae black, hind tarsi black, mid tarsi with the basal 



joint (except extreme tip; white, front tarsi with basal and part of aeeond 

 joints yellowish; spurs 2-4-4, preapical pair on hind tibiae with outer spur 

 very short. Tore wings black, a curved white band from below stigma, con- 

 cave outward, an inverted white V-mark over base of discal cell, one limb 

 crossing base of median cell, the other limb crossing the apex; near base 

 between anal veins is an oblique white streak. 

 Expanse 24 mm. 



Related to P. assimilis, hut marks of wings and of mid legs differ- 

 ent. 



LEPTOCERIDAE. 



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LEPTOCERUS MODEST! s, sp. nov. 



Type.— M. C. Z. 10,890. Borneo: Mindai, Duson Timor, and 

 Kapna near Tumbong Hiang (Grabowsky). 



Yellowish brown; palpi gray; vertex, thoracic notum, and anal area of fore 

 wings clothed with long, snow-white hair, also white on margin at arculus; 

 antennae yellowish, base of joints white, apex brown; fore wings of an even 

 dull golden color, the apical fringe black; hind wings hyaline, gray at tip, and 

 fringe gray; abdomen and legs yellowish. Fore wings moderately broad, 

 discal cell very Long, reaching back much before the forking of the median vein, 

 in male forks one and three of equal Length, with a moderate pedicel, in female 

 the median has the two branches as in typical forms. In the hind wings the 

 median vein is forked. 



Expanse 11 mm. 



Oecetina AUSTRALIS, sp. nov. 



Type.— M. C. Z. 10,916. Victoria: Melbourne (Thorey). 



Pale yellowish, clothed with gray hair; antenna! joints dark on base; lejjs 

 pale yellowish, with numerous black tarsal spines. Fore wings pale, veins 



