140 CATALOGUE OF 



from the base to the tip, extending very much beyond the hind 

 wings; apical tuft very small. Legs smooth, stout ; hind tibiae with 

 four long stout spurs. Wings long, broad. Fore wiugs slightly 

 rounded at the tips ; exterior border convex, very oblique. 



Getta niveifascia. 



Mas. Nigra; caput subtus luteum ; palpi basi lulei; pectus 

 maculis duabus transversis luteis ; alee anticce fascia lata 

 obliqua subabbreviata vix undulata. 



Male. Black. Head luteous beneath. Palpi luteous at the 

 base. Pectus with a transverse luteous spot on each side in front. 

 Fore wings with a broad oblique white band, which is hardly undu- 

 lating along each side and is very slightly abbreviated at each end, 

 and extends from a little before the middle of the costa towards the 

 end of the interior border. Length of the body 9 lines ; of tbe wings 

 18 lines. 



a. Nanta, Amazon Region. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



Genus GANGAMELA. 



Mas. Corpus robustum. Proboscis mediocris. Palpi laeves, 

 graciles, erecti, vix arcuati, caput paullo superantes; articulus 3us 

 lanceolatus, 2i dimidio brevior. Antennae validae, longiusculae, sub- 

 pectinatae. Abdomen alas posticas sat superans. Pedes laeves, 

 validi; tibiae posticae calcaribus quatuor parvis. Alae anticae an- 

 gustae, longissimae, subacutae, margine exteriore subconvexo, per- 

 obliquo. 



Male. Body stout. Proboscis moderately long. Palpi smooth, 

 slender, erect, hardly curved, rising a little higher than the vertex ; 

 third joint lanceolate, less than half the length of the second. An- 

 tennae stout, rather long, slightly pectinated. Abdomen extending 

 rather beyond the hind wings. Legs smooth, stout; hind tibiae with 

 four short stout spurs. Wiugs narrow, elongate. Fore wings very 

 long, slightly acute ; exterior border slightly convex, extremely 

 oblique. 



Gangamela satukata. 



Mas. Atra ; caput antice et subtus, palpi subtus, antenna? basi, 

 pectus, abdomen subtus pedesque subtus alba ; alee anticce 

 dimidio fere ante medio strigas basales duas nigras includente 



