134 CATALOGUE OF 



Genus 15. CONTREBlA. 



Mas. Corpus sat validum. Caput breve. Proboscis medio* 

 criter longa. Palpi ascendentes, breves, pilosi ; articulus 3us mini- 

 mus. Antenna? graciles, subciliata?, corporis dimidio non breviores. 

 Abdomen longum, lineare, alas posticas dimidio superans. Pedes 

 longi, sat graciles; tibiae postica? calcaribus quatuor longis. Ala? 

 longiuscula?, mediocriter lata? ; antica? subhamata?, acuta?, apud 

 costam recta?, margine exteriore subconvexo mediocriler obliquo. 



Male. Body moderately stout. Head sbort. Proboscis mo- 

 derately long. Palpi ascending, sbort, pilose ; tbird joint very 

 minute. Antenna? slender, minutely ciliated, full balf tbe length of 

 the body. Abdomen long, linear, extending for balf its length be- 

 yond tbe hind wings. Legs long, rather slender ; hind tibia? with 

 four long spurs. Wings rather long, moderately broad. Fore 

 wings very slightly hooked, straight in front, acute at the tips, mo- 

 derately oblique and slightly convex along the exterior border ; 

 fourth inferior vein extremely remote from the others. 



1. CONTREBlA EXTREMA. 



Pallide cinerea, fusco subconspersa ; alee anticce lituris nonnullis 

 anticis vittaque apud marginem interiorem fuscis ; posticce 

 fusco-cinerece. 



Pale cinereous, very minutely speckled with brown. Fore 

 wings with some slight brown marks in front, and with an irregular 

 brown stripe near the interior border. Hind wings brownish cine- 

 reous. Length of the body 9 lines ; of the wings 18 lines. 



a. Honduras. From Mr. Dyson's collection. 



Genus 16. OBRIMA. 



Mas. Corpus sat validum. Proboscis breviuscula. Palpi 

 validi, ascendentes ; articulus 3us lanceolatus, 2i quadrante brevior. 

 Antennae graciles, simplices, corporis dimidio paullo longiores. 

 Abdomen oblanceolatum, alas posticas dimidio superans. Pedes 

 longi, sat graciles ; tibiae posticae calcaribus quatuor longis. Ala? 

 mediocriter lata? ; antica? acuminatae, subtus basi fasciculata?, apud 

 costam recta?, margine exteriore subobliquo. 



Male. Body moderately stout. Proboscis rather short. Palpi 

 stout, ascending to the vertex ; third joint lanceolate, less than one- 



