1802 CATALOGUE OF 



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

 stout, as loug as the breadth of the head; third joint elongate- 

 conical, not more than one-fourth of the length of the second. An- 

 tennae rather stout. Abdomen extending much beyond the hind 

 wings; apical tuft small. Hind tibiae long, densely fringed; spurs 

 slender; bind tarsi short, densely fringed, except at the tips. Wings 

 rather narrow. Fore wings slightly rounded at the tips; costa con- 

 vex towards the base, slightly excavated beyond the middle ; exterior 

 border convex, moderately oblique. 



Galasa. hubidaxa. 



Mas. Ferrugineo-rufa ; alee post'ica nigra -cinerea. 



Male. Blackish cinereous. Head, thorax and fore wings 

 ferruginous-red. Length of the body 3 lines ; of the wings 

 7 lines. 



a. Jamaica. From Mr. Gosse's collection. 



Genus ERICIA. 



Max. Corpus robustum. Proboscis nulla. Palpi squamosi, 

 sat graciles, oblique ascendentes, capitis Lalitudine breriores; arti- 

 culus 3us conicus, minimus. Antenna? pubescente I 'inen 



dense pilosum, alas posticas paullo superans ; fascicular apicalis 

 spissus, elongatus. Pedes robusti ; tibia* intermedia sobfimbria 

 tibiae postica? dense fimbriate; calcaria valida, longissima. Alse 

 antica? lata?, acuta:, costa? dimidio basali subcooTezo, margioe exte- 

 riore postico rotundato. 



Male. Body stout. Proboscis obsolete. Palpi squamous, 

 rather slender, obliquely ascending, not rising so high as the vertex; 

 third joint conical, not more than one-tenth of the length of the 

 second. Antenna? minutely pubescent. Abdomen densily pilose, 

 extending a little beyond the hind wings; apical tuft large, thick. 

 Legs stout; middle tibia? slightly fringed; hind tibiae densely 

 fringed; spurs very long, rather stout. Wings broad. Fore wings 

 acute; costa slightly convex for halt the length from the base; exte- 

 rior border convex and oblique, except towards the tip, where it is 

 straight; costal vein joining the eosta at somewhat beyond half the 

 length of the latter; four veins emitted by the subcostal vein, third 

 forked ; three veins emitted by the median vein ; submedian vein 

 forked before the middle. 



