146 CATALOGUE OF 



Genus 6. FRACAEA. 



Corpus robustum, breviusculum . Antennae corporis dimidio 

 multo longiores. Abdomen alas posticas non superans. Alae bre- 

 viusculae, latiusculae ; anticae apud costam recta?, apice rotundatae, 

 rnargine exteriore convexo vix obliquo. 



Body robust, rather short. Antennae much more than half the 

 length of the body. Abdomen extending as far as the hind wings. 

 Wings rather short and broad. Fore wings straight along the 

 costa, rounded at the tips, convex and hardly oblique along the ex- 

 terior border. 



]. FRACARA VTRIDATA. 



Viridis; antenna Intern; abdomen flavum fasciis luteis ; pedes 

 flam; alee antiece cyaneo varice, plaga discali guttas duas 

 rufas albo marginatis in cludente nigra ; posticce nigricantes, 

 flavo marginatce. 



Phalaena-Noctua viridata, Cram, Pap. Exot. iv. 44, pi. 311, f. D. 



Surinam. 



Genus 7. CHASMINA. 



Corpus sat validum. Caput breve. Proboscis mediocriter 

 longa. Palpi ascendentes, arete applicati ; articulus 3us parvus, 

 obtusus, 2i quadrante brevior. Antennae simplices, graciles, corpo- 

 ris dimidio longiores. Thorax pilis appressis. Abdomen alas pos- 

 ticas vix superans. Pedes sat validi ; tibiae posticae calcaribus 

 quatuor longis. Alae mediocriter latae ; anticae apud costam sub- 

 rectae, apice rotundatae, margine exteriore mediocriter obliquo. 



Body moderately stout. Head short. Proboscis moderately 

 long. Palpi ascending to the vertex, closely applied to the head ; 

 third joint small, obtuse, less than one-fourth of the length of the 

 second. Antennae simple, slender, more than half the length of the 

 body. Thorax with closely applied hairs. Abdomen hardly ex- 

 tending beyond the hind wings. Legs rather stout; hind tibiae 

 with four long spurs. Wings moderately broad. Fore wings 

 almost straight in front, somewhat rounded at the tips; exterior 

 border moderately oblique; first, second and third inferior veins 

 approximate at the base ; fourth remote. 



