62 CATALOGUE OF 



apice subfasciculatum, basi contractum, thorace vix longius. Pedes 

 longiusculi, sat validi ; tibiae anticae fasciculatae. Alag angustae. 



Male. Body rather stout. Head broad. Proboscis obsolete. 

 Palpi ascending, very thickly clothed with hairs beneath, and with 

 very long hairs towards the base ; third joint short, conical. An- 

 tennae filiform, simple, rather stout, remote from each other, as long 

 as the thorax. Abdomen fusiform, slightly tufted at the tip, very 

 little longer than the thorax ; first segment contracted. Legs rather 

 long and stout ; fore tibiae with a tuft of long hairs. Wings nar- 

 row. Fore wings with the second inferior vein more than twice fur- 

 ther from the third than from the first; third much nearer to the 

 second than to the fourth ; second superior vein forked at beyond 

 two -thirds of its length. 



1. SlNCARA EUMENIFORMIS. 



Mas. Obscure ferruginea, anfice argenteo subtomentosa, caput 

 nigricans ; palpi basi subtus testaceo hirti ; antenna? cyaneo- 

 nigrce ; abdomen rufescens ; segmentum \um fuscum, subtus 

 albidum ; pedes nigricantes, subtus testaceo vitlati, calcaribus 

 albidis ; alee anticce subfuscescentes, semihyalince ; posticce 

 limpidce. 



Male. Dark ferruginous, with some silvery tomentum on the 

 head and on the fore part of the thorax. Head blackish. Palpi 

 with testaceous hairs beneath towards the base. Antennas bluish 

 black. Abdomen reddish; first segment brown, whitish beneath. 

 Legs blackish, with testaceous stripes beneath ; spurs whitish. Fore 

 wings slightly brown, semihyaline. Hind wings hyaline. Length 

 of the body 1\ lines ; of the wings 14 lines. 



a. Para. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



Genus 6. ALONINA. 



Fcem. Corpus sat graciie. Proboscis mediocriter longa. 

 Palpi validi, ascendentes, longiusculi ; articuli lus et 2us subtus 

 pilosi ; 3us lanceolatus, 2i dimidio brevior. Antennae validae, sub- 

 pectinatae, apud apices vix crassiores, thorace valde longiores. Ab- 

 domen subcylindricum, thorace multo longius, apice subfascicula- 

 tum. Pedes validi ; tibiae posticae pilosae. Alee sat angustae. 



Female. Body rather slender. Proboscis moderately long. 

 Palpi stout, ascending, rather long ; first and second joints pilose 

 beneath; third lanceolate, less than half the length of the second. 



