960 



Me. g. f. hamjson on the classification [Dec. 17, 



stalked ; 11 becoming coincident with 12. Hind wing with vein 

 3 from before angle of cell ; 4, 5 well separated at origin ; 6, 7 

 stalked. 



Fig. 41. 



Leucargyra puralis, (J. \. 



Type. tLEircABGTBA pubalis, n. sp. 



S . Silvery white ; palpi black at sides ; fore legs black above. 

 The larva feeds in the interior of grasses. 

 Hah. Theresopolis, Brazil. Exp. 60 mm. 



Genus Eschata. 



EscJiata, Wlk. ix. p. 133 (1856). 



Ghcerecla, "Wlk. xxxii. p. 633 (1865). 



Proboscis rudimentary. Palpi porrect, reaching slightly beyond 

 the frons and thickly scaled ; maxillary palpi dilated with scales 

 and nearly as long as the labial ; frons produced to an acute cor- 

 neous point ; antennae of male thickened and flattened ; tibiae and 

 tarsal joints fringed with long hair. Fore wing with vein 3 from 

 before angle of cell ; 7 from cell, anastomosing, or rarely shortly 

 stalked with 8, 9 ; 10 free ; 1 1 curved and running along 12. Hind 

 wing with veins 3, 4, 5 from angle of cell ; 6, 7 from upper angle. 



Fig. 42. 



Eschata xanthorhyncha, 



Sect. I. Fore wing with the apex somewhat acute and produced. 



(l)tEsCHATA xanthokhyncha, n. sp. 



c? . Differs from gelida in the head and thorax being white ; 

 palpi orange banded with white ; fore legs orange fringed with white ; 

 tarsi banded with orange. Fore wing with the area between the 

 postmedial and siibmarginal lines evenly irrorated with black scales. 



