268 CATALOGUE OF 



Female. . Brown. Palpi above with a short thick fringe ; third 

 joint lanceolate, more than half the length of the second. Pectus 

 aod abdomen luteous. Abdomen with a black stripe above and 

 beneath ; dorsal stripe attenuated at each end. Wings very ample. 

 Fore wings a little narrower than the hind wings; under side luteous, 

 with a black line along the interior border, and with a very narrow 

 brown costal stripe, which is much broader towards the tip and from 

 thence to the interior angle. Hind wings luteous, with a black 

 costal line and with three black streaks composed of confluent 

 speckles ; first streak near the interior angle ; second near the hind 

 part of the exterior border; third on the exterior border, much 

 smaller than the first. Length of the body 8 lines; of the wings 

 26 lines. 



a. Orizaba, Mexico. From M. Bottori's collection. 



Genus CLUACA. 



Mas. Corpus gracile. Proboscis brevis. Palpi porrecti, 

 lseves, sat graciles, caput paullo superantes ; articulus 3us acutus, 

 2i dimidio brevior. Antenna? pectinatae. Abdomen alas posticas 

 nonsuperans; fasciculus apicalis longiusculus. Pedes laeves, sat 

 graciles ; calcaria longa. Alae anticse latae, apice subrotundatae, 

 margine exteriore subconvexo subobiiquo. 



Male. Body slender. Proboscis short. Palpi porrect, smooth, 

 rather slender, extending a little beyond the head ; third joint 

 acute, less than half the length of the second. Antennse moderately 

 pectinated. Abdomen not extending to the interior angle of the 

 hind wings ; apical tuft rather long and thick. Legs smooth, rather 

 slender ; hind tibiae with four long spurs. Wings broad, not long. 

 Fore wings slightly rounded at the tips ; exterior border slightly 

 convex and oblique. 



Cluaca rubric osta. 



Mas. Fusca ; caput subtus et thorax antice rufa ; pectus et abdo- 

 men lutea, hoc subtus nigro vittatum ; pedes postici lutei ; aim 

 anticce costce dimidio basali rufo ; posticce lutece, nigricante 

 marginatce. 



Male. Dark brown. Head on each side and beneath, palpi 

 and most of the fore part of the thorax bright red. Pectus and ab- 

 domen luteous, the latter with a black stripe beneath. Hind legs 



