1650 CATALOGUE OF 



Genus SCHIDAX, C. L. H. xxiii. 853. 



ScHtDAX REPANDARIA. 



Fcem. Cinereo-fusca ; palpi porrecti, robusti, caput non super- 



antes,; aim llnezs tribus fuscis in distinct is, la 2aque undu- 



latis, 3a angulosa, margine exteriore angulato ; anticce acutm. 



Female. Cinereous-brown, hardly paler beneath. Palpi stout, 



smooth, porrect,not extending beyond the head; third joint very 



small Wings broad, with three indistinct brown lines; first and 



second hues undulating third zigzag; exterior border angular in 



the middle Fore wings acute. Length of the body 5 lines; of the 



wings 16 lines. J ' 



Bogota. In Mr. Birehall's collection. 



Genus DIRADES. 



Mas. Corpus robustum. Proboscis brevis, gracilis P^lni 

 breves, loaves, gracil.es ; articulus 3us linearis, 2o brevior. Antenna? 

 glabrae, crassae. Abdomen alas posticas superans ; fasciculus apicalis 

 elongatus subcompressus. Pedes breves, laeves, sat gracilis • tibiae 

 posticas subincrassatHB ; calcaria longa, gracilia. Alee antics elon- 

 gate, apice subrotundatae, margine exteriore subcouvexosat obliquo ■ 

 posticae margine interiore dilatato (imbriato. 



Male Body stout. Proboscis short, slender. Palpi smooth, 

 slender, obliquely ascending, not rising so hi ff h as the vertex; third 

 joint linear, shorter than the second. Antenna? smooth, thick Ab- 

 domen extending somewhat beyond the hind wings; apical tuft 

 elongate, slightly compressed. Legs smooth, short, rather slender ; 

 hind tibia* slightly incrassated, with four long slender spurs. Wines 

 moderately broad. Fore wings elongated, slightly rounded at the 

 tips,- exterior border slightly convex, rather oblique. Hind wino-s 

 with the interior border dilated and fringed. 8 



Type, D. binotata. 



DlRADES BINOTATA. 



Mas. Ferrugineaautfusca; vertex albidus aut albus ; aim lineis 

 duabus cmereis ferrugineo obscure marginatis ; anticm lima 

 Za rejiexa, plaga apud marginem interiorem nigricunte cinereo 

 marginata. 



