154 THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 



decumbent, not extending beyond the head; third joint 

 extremely small. Antennae and legs smooth ; spurs of the 

 latter short. Wings elongate. Fore wings acute ; exterior 

 border very oblique ; fringe purple ; under side tinged with 

 purple along the costa and along the fore part of the exterior 

 border, and with a short purple line which extends obliquely 

 from the tip. Hind wings tinged with purple on the under 

 side, where there are two longitudinal purple lines. Length 

 of the body 3j lines ; expansion of the fore wings 12 lines. 

 Harkeko. 



Gen. AspiLATES, Treit. 



54. Aspilates curvifera. Male. — Pale cinereous, slender. 

 Palpi curved, slightly decumbent ; third joint conical, minute, 

 acute. Antennae blackish, broadly pectinated. Abdomen 

 hardly extending beyond the hind wings. Legs smooth, 

 slender. Fore wings mostly clouded with brown ; a darker 

 brown hardly undulating postmedial band, its hind part bor- 

 dered on the inner side by a curved blackish streak ; two 

 blackish streaks nearer the base, and extending from the disk 

 to the interior border; a whitish band on the inner side 

 of the brown band, and between the second and third black 

 streaks ; marginal points black. Hind wings raor:tly pale 

 brown between the exterior border and a darker brown post- 

 medial transverse line. Wings beneath with a submarginal 

 cinereous band. Length of the body 5 lines ; expansion of 

 the fore wings 13 lines. Cairo. 



Fam. Larentid^. — Gen. Coremia, Guert. 



55. Coremia oppressa. Male. — Cinereous, thickly speckled 

 with ferruginous-brown, more cinereous beneath. Palpi 

 porrect, slender, fringed, extending rather beyond the head ; 

 third joint lanceolate, nearly as long as the second. An- 

 tennae pectinated. Abdomen a little shorter than the interior 

 border of the hind wings ; hind borders of the segments 

 cinereous ; apical tuft short, thick. Legs smooth, rather 

 stout. Wings with two broad dark brown zigzag transverse 

 Jines, which are very indistinct in the hind wings ; first line 

 antemedial ; second postmedial ; a submarginal cinereous 

 zigzag transverse line ; under side with less distinct markings. 

 Length of the body 8 lines; expansion of the fore wings 8|^ 

 lines, ilor Tamauib. 



