1)78 CATALOGUE OF 



basal points. Length of the body 8£ lines ; of the wings 22 

 lines. 



a. Jamaica. Presented by Sir J. Hearsey. 



Genus COLBUSA. 



Mas et fcem. Corpus sat robustum. Proboscis brevis. Palpi 

 sat validi, subascendentes, capitis latitudine breviores ; articulus 3us 

 conicus, minimus. Antennae glabrae, breviusculse, sat graciles. Ab- 

 domen alas posticas non superans; fasciculus apicalis parvus. 

 Pedes laeves, sat validi ; calcaria longissima. Alae auticae latae, 

 subacute, margine exteriore obliquo subrecto. 



Male and female. Body rather stout. Proboscis short. Palpi 

 rather stout, slightly ascending, shorter than the breadth of the 

 head, longer in the female than in the male; third joint conical, 

 very minute in the male. Antennas smooth, rather short and 

 slender. Abdomen not extending beyond the hind wings ; apical 

 tuft of the male small. Legs smooth, rather stout; spurs very 

 long. Wings broad. Fore wings slightly acute; exterior border 

 almost straight, moderately oblique. 



The short palpi of this genus distinguish it from Fodina. 



COLBUSA EUCLIDICA. 



Mas et fcem. Fusca; caput albo fasciatum, sublus rufum; 

 palpi subtus rufi ; thorax albo bifasiatus ; pectus et abdomen 

 lutea ; aim antica? vilta costali ramulum emittente, vitta 

 obliqua postica dilatata et guttas tres nigras includente fascia- 

 que marginali nigro marginata albis ; posticce rufce, fascia 

 marginali fusca apud apices latissima. Var. fi. Mas. — 

 Alee posticce lutea. 



Male and female. Brown. Head red beneath, with a white 

 band between the eyes, which are white at the base. Palpi red 

 beneath. Thorax with two white bands. Pectus and abdomen 

 luteous. Fore wings with a white stripe, which extends along more 

 than half the length of the costa and emits a branch towards the 

 base of the interior border; a white oblique stripe which extends 

 from the end of the stripe to the interior angle, where it is dilated 

 and tinged with red and contains three black dots; a narrow white 

 band along the exterior border, slightly edged with black on its 

 outer side. Hind wings red, with a brown border, which extends 



