854 CATALOGUE OF 



with a straight ferruginous line, which extends from the tip to the 

 middle of the interior border; orbicular aud reniform marks a little 

 darker than the ground hue, tbe former rather large; two black 

 points near the exterior border. Hind wings slightly brownish ; 

 fringe pale yellowish cinereous. Length of the body 9 lines ; of 

 the wings 20 lines. 



Bogota. In Mr. BirchalVs collection. 



Genus GADIANA. 



Mas et fcem. Corpus la?ve, sat gracile. Proboscis brevis. 

 Palpi validi, la?ves, oblique ascendentes, verticem non superantes ; 

 articulus 3us longi-conicus, 2i dimidio longior. Abdomen longum, 

 alas posticas superans. Pedes antici dense firabriati. Ala? antica? 

 longae, latiuscula?, acuta?, margine exteriore convexo perobliquo, 

 margine interiore undulato. Mas. — Antenna? dimidio basali pec- 

 tinata?. 



Male and female. Body smooth, rather slender. Proboscis 

 short. Palpi stout, smooth, obliquely ascending, not rising higher 

 than the vertex; third joint elongate-conical, more than half the 

 length of tbe second. Abdomen long, extending somewhat beyond 

 the hind wings. Legs long; femora and fore tibia? densely fringed ; 

 hind tibia? with four long spurs. Fore wings elongate, acute, rather 

 broad; exterior border convex, very oblique ^interior border convex 

 along the inner half, concave along the outer half; three inferior 

 veins; third rather remote from the second. Male— Antennae pec- 

 tinated to nearly half the length from the base. 



Gadiana rufescens. 



Mas et foem. JRufescente-eervina ; alee antica linea obliqua e 

 punctis strigaque postica anyulata nigris, litura discali nigri- 

 cante ; posticce albidce, venis exterioribus margineque exteriore 

 rufescen te-cervin is. 



Male and female. Beddish fawn-colour. Abdomen and under 

 side paler. Fore wings with a row of black points which extends 

 from near the tip of the costa to the middle of the interior border, 

 where it terminates in an angular streak; an indistinct blackish 

 mark across the end of the discal areolet. Hind wings whitish ; 



