40 CATALOGUE OF 



6. ClMICODES TEANSVOLUTATA. 



Fcem. Murina, vix robusta ; caput supra et thorax anticus 

 rufescente-ferruginea ; abdomen tumidum, breviusculum, ovi~ 

 ductu producto ciliato ; pedes rufescentes, fusco conspersi, 

 tibiis posticis vix incrassatis ; alee amplce, ferrugineo-fuscce, 

 glauco suffusce, puneto discali nigro ; anticce falcatce, lineis 

 quatuor arcuatis obscuris glauco marginatis, costa subtus tes- 

 tacea extus subconcava t margine exteriore valde convexo ; posticce 

 abdomen longe superantes, linea una distincta, punctis exterio- 

 ribus elongatis albidis. 



Female. Mouse-colour, hardly stout, glaucous-ferruginous be- 

 neath. Head above and fore part of the thorax reddish ferruginous. 

 Palpi short, ascending, with reddish bands, not rising so high as the 

 vertex ; third joint conical, very minute. Antenna? simple. Abdo- 

 men rather short, somewhat tumid, except towards the base ; oviduct 

 exserted, compressed, ciliated on each side. Legs reddish, bare, 

 brown-speckled ; hind tibiae hardly thickened. Wings ample, fer- 

 ruginous-brown, glaucous-tinged ; a black discal point ; under side 

 glaucous-cinereous, reddish exteriorly. Fore-wings with four curved 

 deeper-coloured glaucous-bordered lines ; costa testaceous beneath, 

 slightly concave exteriorly with the exception of the falcate promi- 

 nent testaceous brown-speckled tips ; exterior border very convex. 

 Hind wings extending far beyond the abdomen, with one distinct 

 line, and with some elongated whitish points on the veins between 

 the line and the convex exterior border ; interior angle rather pro- 

 minent. Length of the body 6^ lines ; of the wings 22 lines. 



a. Brazil. From Mr. Stevens' collection. 



Genus 10. CLYSIA. 



Corpus robustum, subtus pilosum. Frons plana. Palpi lati, 

 ascendentes, laeves, squamosi, frontem paullo superantes ; articulus 

 3us brevissimus, truncatus. Antennae graciles, submoniliformes ; 

 articuli ciliati aut subfasciculati. Abdomen alis posticis saepissime 

 superatum. Pedes robusti ; tibiae posticae incrassatae. Alae lata?, 

 spissae, strigatae, nebulosae, lineis indeterminatis, puneto discali ele- 

 vato ; anticae acutae, plus minusve faleatae, margine exteriore flexo ; 

 posticae angulatae aut subcaudatae. 



Clysia, Guen. Phal. i. 50. 



