1872 CATALOGUE OF 



dimidio superans. Pedes glabri, sat graciles. Ala? antics anguslae, 

 apice subrotundatse. Mas. — Antennae subcrenulatae. Abduminis 

 fasciculus apicalis parvus. 



Male and female. Body rather slender. Proboscis of the 

 usual length. Palpi smooth, slender, slightly curved, nearly erect, 

 not rising higher than the vertex ; third joint lanceolate, as long as 

 the second. Antennae of the male minutely crenulated. Hind 

 tegulae of the thorax very short. Abdomen extending for half its 

 length beyond the hind wings ; apical tuft of the male small. Legs 

 smooth, rather slender; spurs moderately long. Wings narrow. 

 Fore wings slightly rounded at the tips; exterior border slightly 

 convex, moderately oblique. 



The structure of the antennae distinguishes it from all the other 

 genera of Clcnuchida. 



Carthara flavivitta. 



Mas et foem. /Enea ; caput pallide Jlavum ; thorax ochraceo 

 quadrinotatus, untice pallide /lavas ; aUc anticce yutta btuaii 

 ockracea, vitta media pallide flaia ; postica cinerea, fere hya~ 

 Una, fuscescente submaryinata. 



Male and female. JEneous. Head and fore border of the 

 thorax pale yellow, the former blackish in front Pectus and Dl 

 side of the abdomen cinereous. Thorax with the four tegulae br 

 ochraceous-bordered. Fore wings with an oehraceous dot at the 

 base and with a pale yellow stripe in the disk ; this stripe 

 or interrupted near its tip. Hind wings cinereous, nearly hyaline, 

 diffusedly brownish-bordered; fringe of the interior border very long. 

 Length of the body 4 lines ; of the wings 9 lines. 



a. Santa Martha, New Granada. From Mr. Bouchard's collection. 



Fam. PEMCOPID.E, C. L. II. xxxi. 153. 

 Genus ESTHEMA, C. L. II. ii. 337. 



ESTHEMA SIMULATA. 



Foem. Atra ; caput albo bicittatum ; palpi albo vittati; antenna 

 subserraia ; abdomen cyaueum, subtus album ; pedes albo 

 vittati ; uhe anticce striyulis tribus anticis, striais tribut 

 ticis obliquis fasciaque exterior* lata obtiqua ablreviata albis 

 senrihmdinis ; pottica cyunea, fascia subjnaryinali e striyis 

 albis lanccolatis semihy&linis. 



