268 CATALOGUE OF 



Genus LAUDOSIA. 



Fcem. Covpus crassum. Proboscis robusta. Palpi robusti, 

 fere erecti, caput superantes; articulus 2us fusiformis; 3us cylin- 

 dricus, 2i dimidio vix brevior. Antennae simplices. Thorax et pectus 

 dense lanuginosa. Pedes robusti, glabri ; tibiae posticae non incras- 

 sata?. Alae longae, amplae, densae, integrae, margine exteriore per- 

 obliquo ; anticae apud apices productae, peracutae, costa perparum 

 convexa, margine exteriore recto vix angulato. 



Female. Body thick. Front not prominent. Proboscis robust. 

 Palpi stout, nearly vertical, ascending higher than the head; second 

 joint fusiform ; third cylindrical, nearly half the length of the second. 

 Antennae simple. Thorax and pectus densely lanuginosa Abdomen 

 not extending so far as the hind wings. Legs robust, smooth ; hind 

 tibia? not incrassated ; spurs short. Wings long, ample, stout, 

 entire ; exterior border very oblique. Fore wings with the tips pro- 

 longed and very acute ; costa very slightly convex ; exterior border 

 straight, with the exception of an extremely slight angle in the middle. 

 Hind wings with the exterior border slightly convex ; interior angle 

 prominent. 



Laudosia Buddloraria. 



Fcem. Albido-testacea ; alee nigra subconspersce, linea exteriore 

 undulata e punctis nigris, punctis marginalibus minimis ; an- 

 ticce linea exteriore nigro unimaculata, linea interiore e punctis 

 duabus aut tribus nigris, plaga subtus ochracea subapicali. 



Geometra Buddloraria, Morritz, MSS. 



Female. Whitish testaceous, more whitish beneath. Abdomen 

 minutely black-speckled. Wings very thinly and minutely black- 

 speckled, with an exterior undulating line of black points ; a row of 

 very minute marginal points on the veins, these points most distinct 

 on the under side. Fore wings with a black discal spot on the exte- 

 rior line ; an interior line indicated by two or three black points ; 

 under side with an ochraceous subapical patch. Length of the body 

 7\ lines ; of the wings 23 lines. 



Venezuela. In Mr. Saunders' collection. 



