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minutely pectinated, of the female serrated. Abdomen generally- 

 extending beyond the hind wings. Legs slender ; hind tibiae with 

 four spurs of moderate length. Wings long and narrow ; fore 

 wings with four inferior veins. 



1. E. variegata Walker, 380. 



Crimson. Head black, white about the eyes and with white 

 dots above. Antenna? and palpi black, the latter black beneath. 

 Abdomen black, with a white band which is widest beneath on 

 each segment. Legs black, white beneath. Fore wings with 

 black-bordered veins towards the base, in the middle with a black 

 oblique band which does not extend towards the fore border, but 

 is dilated and contains a white dot towards the hind border ; 

 apical fourth part black with three or four white dots in a trans- 

 verse line. Hind wings veined with black, and with broad white 

 dotted black borders. Male. Hind wings black, streaked with 

 white beneath. 



West Indies. 



Walker. 



PSYCHOMORPHA Harris. 



Body slender, hairy at the tip. Palpi slender, nearly horizontal, 

 extending a little beyond the clypeus, covered with loose hairs so 

 as to conceal the joints. Tongue moderate, spirally rolled. An- 

 tennae in the male pectinated on both sides, the pectinations rather 

 short, simple in the female. Wings short, somewhat triangular, 

 with the outer margins rounded ; discal areolet of the hind wings 

 short, closed by a sinuous vein. Abdomen not extending beyond 

 the hind wings. Legs short, hairy; spurs of the hind tibiae three, 

 slender, nearly concealed by the hairs. 



1. P. epimenis Drury, App. III. Exot. Ins. Ill, 39, pi. 29, f. 2. See p. 136. 



MELANCHROIA Hubner. 



Body slender, of moderate length, nearly linear and cylindrical. 

 Palpi porrect, hairy, shorter than the head ; third joint conical, 



