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CATALOGUE OF 



elongata lineaque ex teriore recta brevi albis, linea submarginali 

 alba, costa lutea nigro bipunctata, linea obliqua fusca macu- 

 laque discali nigra basalibus ; postica lineis duabus diffusis 

 fuscis. 



Male, Pure white, shining, slender. Palpi smooth, slender, 

 compressed, rather long ; second joint with a black point at the tip ; 

 third linear, hardly shorter but much more slender than the second, 

 with which it forms a right angle. Maxillary palpi very short. 

 Antenna? stout, slightly serrated on each side. Abdomen extending 

 a little beyond the hind wings, with brown bands. Legs smooth ; 

 tarsi with brownish bands. Wings moderately broad. Fore wings 

 acute ; disk mostly brown, including an elongate white lunule and 

 a short straight exterior white line ; submarginal line black, slightly 

 dilated in front and bent to the tip of the wing ; costa mostly 

 luteous, with a black dot near the base and another by the exterior 

 line; a brown oblique line near the base, interrupted by a black dis- 

 cal spot. Hind wings with two diffuse brown lines; fringe pale 

 luteous towards the base. Length of the body 5 lines ; of the wings 

 12 lines. 



It differs from the typical species in the structure of the wings, 

 and more especially in the angular palpi. 



a. Venezuela. From Mr. Dyson's collection. 



HYDROCAMPA ? LlODESALIS. 



Mas. Alba, gracilis ; caput niveum ; palpi brevissimi ; antenna 

 late pubescentes ; pedes longi, gracillimi ; ala? semihyalina, 

 fascia submarginali cervina pallidissima valde diffusa ; antica 

 apice rotundatce, vitta costali pallide fusca, lunula discali 

 punctisque marginali bus fuscis, puncto apicali nigro. 



Male. White, slender. Head pure white. Palpi very short. 

 Antennae broadly pubescent. Legs long, very slender. Wings 

 semihyaline, moderately broad, with a very pale and diffuse submar- 

 ginal fawn-coloured band. Foie wings somewhat rounded at the 

 tips, with a pale brown costal stripe, which ends in a brown dot by 

 the band, and is contiguous to a brown lunule ; a few brown points 

 on the fore part of the exterior border ; the apical point black. 

 Length of the body 4 ? lines ; of the wings 8 lines. 



a. Para. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



