846 CATALOGUE OF 



fimbriates ; 3us parvus. Antennae subsetulosae. Abdomen alas 

 posticas superans. Pedes graciles, glabri, femoribus tibiisque sul- 

 eatis. Alee elongates, sat angustae, margine exteriore subflexo ; 

 anticae acuta?. 



Male. Body ratber slender. Frontal tuft prominent. Pro- 

 boscis sbort. Palpi loug, porrect ; second joint broad, fringed ; 3rd 

 minute, forming an angle with the second, and less than one-fourth 

 of its length. Antennae minutely setulose. Abdomen extending 

 somewhat beyond the hind wings. Legs slender, smooth ; femora 

 and tibiae grooved. Wings elongate, rather narrow ; exterior border 

 hardly bent in the middle. Fore wings acute. 



The following species has a resemblance to some of the Ther- 

 mesiidce on account of the abrupt flexure of the exterior line of the 

 fore wings. 



1. Mursa Calisalts. 



Mas. Cinereo-cervina ; pectus anticum album ; abdominis seg- 

 menta albo marginata ; alee nigra subcunspersce, extus subpur- 

 purascentes, lineis tribus angustis perobliquis albidis, linea 

 inleriore extus roseo marginata, lineis exteriore et submargi- 

 nali approximatis, ilia costam versus abrupte flexa, hac un- 

 dulata, guttis submarginalibns nigris, linea marginali nigra; 

 anticce punctis costalibus subapicalibus albidis, reniformi e 

 guttis duabus nigris. 



Male. Cinereous fawn-colour, pale cinereous beneath. Pectus 

 white in front. Hind borders of the abdominal segments white. 

 Wings slightly and minutely speckled with black ; exterior part with 

 a slight purplish tinge ; three slight very oblique whitish lines ; in- 

 terior line rose-bordered on the outer side; exterior and submarginal 

 lines approximate, the former abruptly bent inward towards the 

 costa, the latter undulating; a row of submarginal black dots ; mar- 

 ginal line black ; costa of the fore wings with two or three whitish 

 subapical points; reniform mark distinguished by two black dots. 

 Length of the body A\ lines ; of the wings 10 lines. 



Rio Janeiro. In Mr. Fry's collection. 



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Gtsiba Endeisalis. 



Mas. Pallidissime cervina, robusta, subtus fuscescens ; palpi por- 

 recti, nigricante-fusci, supra apices versus cervini, articulo So 



