LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 631 



Genus CATABENA. 



Mas. Corpus gracile. Proboscis mediocris. Palpi squamosi, 

 vix ascendentes, caput superantes ; articulus 2us latiusculus ; 3us 

 brevissimus. Antennae glabrae, sat robustae. Abdomen alas pos- 

 ticas sat superans ; fasciculus apicalis parvus, elongatus. Pedes 

 graciles, squamosi ; calcaria longa, gracilia. Alae anticaB angustae, 

 apice subrotundataB, margine exteriore subconvexo sat obliquo. 



Male. Body slender. Proboscis moderately long. Palpi 

 squamous, hardly ascending, extending somewhat beyond the head ; 

 second joint rather broad ; third extremely short. Antennae smooth, 

 rather stout. Abdomen tapering, extending rather beyond the hind 

 wings ; apical tuft small, elongate. Legs slender, squamous ; spurs 

 long, slender. Fore wings narrow, slightly rounded at the tips ; 

 exterior border slightly convex, rather oblique; third inferior vein 

 about six times further from the fourth than from the second, to 

 which it is very near. 



Catabena lineolata. 



Mas. Cinerea ; caput nigrum, vertice cinereo ; thorax nigro 

 fasciatus ; alee anticce subfuscescente-cinerece, strigis albis 

 nigrisque, linea marginali nigra interrupta , posticce albce, 

 svbfuscescente marginatce. 



Male. Cinereous. Head black, except the vertex. Thorax 

 with a narrow black band near the fore border. Fore wings with a 

 very slight brownish tinge, with irregular white streaks and with 

 fewer irregular black streaks ; marginal line black, interrupted by 

 white streaks. Hind wings white, with a slight brownish tinge 

 along the exterior border ; marginal line brown, interrupted opposite 

 each vein. Length of the body 5 lines ; of the wings 14 lines. 



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Genus HERMONASSA. 



Mas et fcem. Corpus robustum. Proboscis mediocris. Palpi 

 erecti, ascendentes, verticem paullo superantes ; articulus 2us 

 pilosus ; 3us lanceolatus, 2i dimidio non brevior. Antennae graciles, 

 setulosae. Abdomen alas posticas paullo superans. Pedes validi, 

 subpilosi ; tibiarum posticarum calcaria quatuor long;t. Alae 

 anticae sat angustae, apice subrotundatae, margine exteriore convexo 

 vix obliquo. 



