202 CATALOGUE OF 



1. Dargida grammivora. 



Mas. Fusca, purpureo glaucoque subtincta ; thorax fasciis pal- 

 lidioribus et obscurioribus anticis, vittis tribus posticis albi- 

 dis ; abdomen cineream; alee anticce lituris, vitta discali, 

 fascia obliqua exterior e guttisque submarginalibus ftavo-albis ; 

 posticce sordide albidce, gutta discali margineque latofuscis. 



i grammivora, Morritz, MSS. 



Male. Brown, with slight purplish and glaucous reflections. 

 Thorax in front with alternate paler and darker curved bands ; hind 

 part with three whitish stripes. Abdomen cinereous. Fore wings 

 with a discal stripe, and an oblique exterior band yellowish white ; 

 some marks on each side of the stripe, and a row of dots beyond the 

 band of the same hue ; the stripe forked towards its tip ; cilia? with 

 a yellow scalloped transverse line, and intersected with white oppo- 

 site the veins. Hind wings dingy whitish, with a brown discal dot 

 and a broad brown border. Length of the body 5 — 7 lines; of the 

 wings 12 — 16 lines. 



Kio Grande. 



a — c. Venezuela. From Mr. Dyson's collection. 



Genus 15. FELTIA. 



Mas. Corpus sat gracile. Proboscis mediocriter longa. Palpi 

 porrecti, pilosi, sat graciles, caput superantes; articulus 3us cylin- 

 dricus, 2i triente brevior. Antennae serratae, corporis dimidio Ion- 

 giores. Abdomen alas posticas paullo superans. Pedes longius- 

 culi, sat graciles ; tibiae posticae calcaribus quatuor longis. Alae 

 mediocriter latae ; anticae apud costam rectae, apice rotundatae, mar- 

 gine exteriore vix obliquo. 



Male. Body rather slender. Proboscis moderately long. 

 Palpi porrect, pilose, rather slender, extending somewhat beyond 

 the head ; third joint cylindrical, full one-fourth of the length of 

 the second. Antennae serrated, more than half the length of the 

 body. Abdomen extending a little beyond the hind wings. Legs 

 rather long and slender ; hind tibiae with four long spurs. Wings 

 moderately broad. Fore wings straight in front, rounded at the 

 tips, hardly oblique along the exterior border; first, second and 

 third inferior veins approximate ; fourth moderately remote. 



