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half the surface and includinsfa transverse white semihyaline streak- 

 Length of the body 6 lines; of the wings 11 lines. 



a. Cuenca. From Mr. Fraser's collection. 



Genus GLISSA. 



Mas. Corpus gracillimura. Proboscis me'diocris. Palpi lati, 

 laeves, rectangulati, reflexi, arete applicati, verticem aitingentes ; 

 articulus 3us brevissimus. Antennae setosee. Abdomen alas posti- 

 cas dimidio superans ; fasciculus apicalis minimus. Pedes laeves, 

 sat graciles ; tibiae posticae quadricalcaratae. Alae anticae angustae, 

 eJongatas, apice rotundatae, margine exteriore convexo perobliquo. 



Allied to Devara. Male. — Body very slender. Probocis mode- 

 rately long. Palpi broad, smooth, rectangular, applied to the head, 

 and extending over it to the vertex between the antennas ; third 

 third joint extremely short. Antennae setose. Abdomen extending 

 for full half its length beyond the hind wings ; apical tuft very 

 small. Legs smooth, rather slender ; hind tibiae with four mode- 

 rately long spurs. Wings narrow, elongate. Fore wings rounded 

 at the tips ; exterior border convex, very oblique. Hind wings 

 much shorter than the fore wings. 



This genus has a resemblance to some of the Pyralites in the 

 structure of the palpi. 



Glissa bifacies. 



Mas. Fusca, subtus atbido-einerea ; palpi lutes centes ; thorax 

 margine antico albido-cinereo ; abdomen fasciculo apicali 

 albido-cinereo ; alee anticce striga basali, striga antemedia 

 maculisque duabus postmediis albis, fascia lata lutea ante- 

 media subundulata strigulam latum brevem emittente ; posticce 

 plaga elongata lutea. 



Male. Brown. Body beneath and legs whitish cinereous. 

 Palpi pale luteous. Thorax whitish cinereous on the fore border 

 and by the base of the fore wings. Abdomen with a whitish cine- 

 reous apical tuft. Fore wings with a white basal streak and with 

 another in the disk nejr the base; a broad luteous band before the 

 middle, slightly undulating on each side,,emitting a rounded angle 

 from the middle of its outer side ; two small white spots in the disk 

 beyond the middle, the hind one nearer to the exterior border than 

 the fore one. Hind wings with an elongated luteous patch, of which 



