836 CATALOGUE OF 



interior border fringed with long cinereous hairs. Length of the 

 body 4 lines ; of the wings 9 lines. 



This species may form a new genus. 



Rio Janeiro. In Mr. Fry's collection. 



Genus LICHA. 



Mas. Corpus sat validum. Proboscis brevis. Palpi oblique 

 ascendentes ; articulus 2us subpilosus ; 3us lanceolatus, non acutus. 

 Antennae breves, pectinate. Abdomen alas posticas paullo superans. 

 Pedes sat robusti ; femora pilosa. Alae latae ; anticae acuta?, lineis 

 transversis liturisque discalibus nullis. 



Male. Body moderately stout. Proboscis short. Palpi 

 obliquely ascending, moderately long ; second joint slightly pilose ; 

 third somewhat lanceolate, not acute, much shorter than the second. 

 Antennae short, pectinated. Abdomen extending a little beyond the 

 hind wings. Legs rather stout ; femora pilose ; spurs long. Wings 

 broad. Fore wings acute, without transverse lines and discal 

 marks. 



This genus and the following one differ from most of the other 

 genera of Hypenidce in the markings of the wings and in some other 

 characters, but can hardly be removed from that family. 



1. LlCHA UNDILINEALIS. 



Mas. Cervina ; abdomen pallidum ; alee nitentes ; antica albo ex 

 parte marginata, lineis quatuor albis, \a"2aque subcostalibus 

 rectis abbreviatis, 3a undulata obliqua abbreviata, 4a subundu- 

 lata Integra. 



Male. Fawn-colour, mostly cinereous beneath. Abdomen 

 paler than the thorax. Wings shining. Fore wings white along 

 part of the costa and interior border, and with four white lines; first 

 and second lines subcostal, straight, widely separated ; the first not 

 far from the end of the oblique undulating third line ; fourth line 

 much longer than the others, slightly undulating. Length of the 

 body b\ lines; of the wings 13 lines. 



Rio Janeiro. In Mr. Fry's collection. 



