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truncate at tlie tips. Abdomen extending a little beyond the 

 hind wings ; apical tuft very small. Legs stout; femora fringed; 

 spurs long, slender. "Wings elongate, rather narrow. Fore 

 wings acute ; exterior border convex, very oblique. 



Erymella hierogl,yphica. Mas. Cinereo-fusca, capite thoraceque 

 fuseis ; alls linea e punctis albis elongatis, punctis marginalibus uigvis ; 

 alis anticis spatio basali fusco, linea antemedia obscure fusca, guttis 

 tribus mediis nigris, plaga exteriore magna nigricante. 



Male. Cinereous brown. Head and tborax brown. Abdomen and un- 

 derside brownish cinereous. Wings with a line of elongated white 

 points on the veins, abbreviated on the outer side of the reniform 

 mark in the fore wings; marginal points black. Fore wings with a 

 brown basal space which is limited by a darker brown line; three 

 black dots in the disk, the 2nd on a diffuse dark brown line, the 3rd 

 capitate; a large exterior blackish patch joining the costa. Length 

 of the body 7 lines ; of the wings 19 lines. 



Gen. Vaeia. 



Mas. Corpus crassum. Proboscis mediocris. Palpi breves, erecti, 

 verticein louge superantes ; articulus 3"^^ linearis, 2° dimidio 

 longior. Antennce setosse. Abdomen alas posticas sat supe- 

 rans ; fasciculus apicalis parvus. Pedes validi, fimbriati ; cal- 

 caria longissima. Ales latoe ; anticae acutse, subfalcatse. 



Male. Body very stout Proboscis of the usual length. Palpi 

 smooth, erect, rising much higher than the vertex ; 3rd joint 

 linear, much more slender than the 2nd, and rather more than 

 half its length. Antennae setose. Abdomen extending rather 

 beyond the hind wing ; apical tuft small. Legs stout ; femora 

 and tibiae fringed; spurs very long. "Wings broad. Fore 

 wings acute, subfalcate ; exterior border convex, moderately 

 oblique ; 3rd inferior vein very near the 2nd, 4th very remote. 

 Hind wings with an oblique interior border ; interior angle pro- 



• minent. 



Varia rubiginea. Mas. Ferrugineo-rufa ; alis anticis subglaucescen- 

 tibus, hneis duabus obscurioi'ibus obliquis undulatis, 2" punctis albis 

 ornata, linea exteriore e punctis fuseis cinereo marginatis ; alis anticis 

 macula orbiculari et reuiformi maximis, orbiculari cinerea punctum 

 fuscum includente, renifonni cinereo varia, linea antemedia fusca 

 angulosa indistincta. 



Male. Ferruginous red, cinereous beneath except the fringe of the wings. 

 Fore tibiae with white tips; tips of the tarsal joints white; spurs with 

 white bauds. Wings slightly glaucous-tinged, with two darker oblique 



