18L8 CATALOGUE OF 



Genus MANCHANA. 



Fam. Corpus robustum. Frons lata, plana. Proboscis 

 nulla. Palpi crassi, subarcuati, oblique ascendentes, verticem non 

 superantes; ariiculus 3us linearis, 2o rnulto brevior. Antennae vix 

 robustae. Abdomen alas posticas dimidio superans. Pedes crassi; 

 tibiae late fimbria tee ; calcaria longa, valida. Alae anticae angustae, 

 apice rotundatae, costa subconvexa, marline exleriore perobliquu. 



Female. Body stout. Front broad, flat. Proboscis obsolete. 

 Palpi tbick, slightly curved, obliquely ascending, witb a short fringe 

 beneath, not rising higher than the head ; third joint linear, rounded 

 at the tips, much shorter than the second. Antennas hardly stout. 

 Abdomen extending for half its length beyond the hind mags. Legs 

 very stout; tibiae broadly fringed ; spurs long, stout. Wings nar- 

 row. Fore wings rounded at the tips ; costa and exterior border 

 slightly convex, the latter extremely oblique. 



Manchana ayitella. 



Fcem. Alba, ceneo vix sujfusa ; alec subtus aneo-fusccv ; anticte 

 strigis plurimis anticis transversit gutlitque marginalibus pal- 

 lide fuse is. 



Female. White, with a slight aeneous tinge. Wings aeneous- 

 brown beneath. Fore wings with many transverse pale brown 

 streaks along the costa and in the disk, and with pale brown dots 

 along the exterior border. Length of the body 6 Hues ; of the wings 

 14 lines. 



a. Santa Martha. From Mr. Bouchard's collection. 



Genus EDOSA. 



Mas. Corpus sat robustum. Caput fasciculatum. Palpi 

 deflexi, glabri, graciles, capitis latitudine breviores ; articulus 3us 

 lanceolatus, 2o brevior. Antennae glabrae. Abdomen alas posticas 

 sat superans ; fasciculus apicalis parvus. Pedes robusti, glabri ; 

 tibiae posticae fimbriate ; calcaria longa, valida. Alae anticae apice 

 rotundatae, margine exteriore perobliquo. 



Male. Body rather stout. Head with a short erect crest above, 

 densely tufted in front. Palpi smooth, slender, porrect, diverging, 

 shorter than the breadth of the head; third joint lanceolate, rather 

 shorter than the second. Antenna? smooth. Abdomen extending 



