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Genus 13. ANDANIA. 



Mas et fcem. Corpus sat gracile. Proboscis brevis, gracilis. 

 Palpi porrecti, graciles, caput paullo superantes ; articulus 3us 

 cylindricus, 2o paullo brevior. Antennae sat robustae, subcompressae. 

 Pedes breviusculi ; femora pilosa ; tibiae posticae subincrassatae. 

 Alae amplae ; anticaB falcatae ; posticae biangulatae, apud angulum 

 interiorem valde incisae. Mas. — Antennae crenulatae. Abdomen 

 valvulis duabus longis apicalibus lateralibus fasciculatis. Fcem, — 

 Abdomen breve. 



Male and female. Body rather slender. Front not promi- 

 nent. Proboscis short, slender. Palpi porrect, slender, extending 

 a little beyond the head; third joint cylindrical, more slender and a 

 little shorter than the second. Antennae rather stout, somewhat 

 compressed. Legs rather short ; femora pilose ; hind tibiae slightly 

 thickened. Wings ample, alike in colour. Fore wings falcate. 

 Hind wings with two very acute angles hindward, forming two 

 minute tails, deeply excavated by the interior angle. Male. — An- 

 tennae crenulate, stouter than those of the female. Abdomen with 

 two long anal lateral tufted valves, extending almost as far as the 

 hind wings. Female. — Abdomen much shorter than that of the 

 male. 



This genus has some resemblance to the Macaridce, and 

 its palpi differ much from those of the Urapterida?, though it is 

 allied to Urapteryx. 



1. Andania scitosignata. 



Masetfoem. Cinereo-ferruginea aut cinerea ; ala purpurascente 

 tinctce, nigricante aut fusco conspersai, lineis duabus albidis, 

 la recta abbreviata, 2a angtdata, puncto discali nigro ; an- 

 tica? cosla extus valde convexa, macula exteriore alba discali 

 subtus bene determinata ; postica lituris marginalibus atris, 

 fascia subtus nigra abbreviata nonnunquam obsoleta. 



Male and female. Ferruginous, with a cinereous tinge, or 

 wholly cinereous. Wings purplish tinged, blackish or brown- 

 speckled, with two whitish lines ; interior line straight, abbreviated 

 in front ; exterior line acutely angular in the middle ; an indistinct 

 black discal point. Fore wings with the costa very convex ex- 

 teriorly; under side with a white exterior discal spot, which is 

 generally more or less apparent on the upper side. Hind wings 



