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very much longer than the thorax. Tibiae with tawny spurs. Wings 

 limpid, with purplish black ciliae. Fore wings brown at the tips; 

 costa and band purplish black. Length of the body 5 lines ; of the 

 wings 9 lines. 



Genus 3. SOPHONA. 



Fcem. Corpus sat gracile. Proboscis fere obsoleta. Palpi 

 acuminati, subpilosi, mediocriter longi ; articulus 3us lanceolatus. 

 Antennae setaceae, subtus valde pubescentes, thorace non longiores. 

 Abdomen fusiforme, thorace plus duplo longius. Pedes validi ; 

 tibiae anteriores fasciculis mediis et apicalibus, postieae latissime 

 fasciculate ; alae perangustae, anticae opacae, postieae hyalinae. 



Female. Body rather slender. Proboscis almost obsolete. 

 Palpi moderately long, acuminated, slightly pilose ; third joint lan- 

 ceolate. Antennae setaceous, very pubescent beneath, as long as the 

 thorax. Abdomen fusiform, more than twice the leDgth of the tho- 

 rax, slightly tufted at the tip. Legs stout ; tibiae tufted in the 

 middle and at the tips ; hind tarsi very thickly tufted, except towards 

 the tips. Wings very narrow. Fore wings opaque. Hind wings 

 hyaline. 



1. SOPHONA HALICTIPENNIS. 



Fcem. Purpurascens ; caput albidum ; palpi albidi, subtus nigri- 

 cantes ; thorax luteo strigatus ; abdomen fascia basali Jlava, 

 subtus basi album i, tibice tarsique fulva, ilia nigro fasciculatce, 

 tarsi postici fiavo fasciculati ; alee anticce nigro-purpurece 

 apice cinerece, posticce sublimpidce. 



Female. Purplish. Head whitish. Palpi whitish, blackish 

 beneath. Thorax with three luteous streaks. Abdomen with a 

 slender yellow band near the base ; under side white towards the 

 base. Tibiae and tarsi mostly tawny, the former with black tufts; 

 hind tarsi with bright yellow tufts. Fore wings blackish purple, 

 with cinereous tips. Hind wings nearly limpid. Length of the 

 body 4J lines ; of the wings 8 lines. 



a. Villa Nova. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



