y»U CATALOGUE OF 



compressus. Pedes validi, laeves; calcaria longissima, gracillirna. 

 Alae anticae lata?, acuta 3 ., spatio medio costali tutnido, marline ex- 

 teriore recto subobliquo, margine interiore valde arcuato; posticae 

 latissimae, margine exteriore valde convexo. 



Male, Body stout. Proboscis of the usual length. Palpi erect, 

 moderately stout, rising much higher than the vertex; third joint 

 linear, much shorter than the second. Antennae setose. Thorax 

 densely clothed. Abdomen slightly ridged, not extending beyond 

 the hind wings; apical tuft small, compressed. Legs stout, smooth, 

 spurs very long and slender. Fore wings broad, acute, tumid along 

 the middle part of the costa ; exterior border straight, slightly 

 oblique; interior border very convex. Hind wings very broad, ex- 

 tending much beyond the interior angle of the fore wings ; exterior 

 border much rounded. 



Mecyra invaria. 



Mas. Cervina ; alee anticce fascia submarginali pallidiore recta 

 obliqua indistincta> spatio costali lumido fusco ; posticus 

 cinereo-cervince. 



Male. Fawn-colour, cinereous beneath. Abdomen and hind 

 wings cinereous fawn-colour. Fore wings with an indistinct straight 

 oblique paler band near the exterior border ; tumid space along the 

 costa brown. Length of the body 8 lines ; of the wings 20 lines. 



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Genns MARCILLADA. 



Mas. Corpus vix robustum. Fasciculus frontalis productus. 

 Proboscis mediocris. Palpi pubescentes, vix ascendentes, caput sat 

 superantes ; aniculus 2us latus, apice subfascioulatus ; 3us brevis, 

 lanceolatus, gracillimus. Antennae robustae, subpubescentes. Ab- 

 domen alas posticas sat superans; fasciculus apicalis elongatus, 

 subcompressus. Pedes validi, laeves; tibiae posticae fimbriatae ; 

 calcaria longa, gracilia. Alaeanticae lata?, acutae, margine exteriore 

 convexo vix obliquo. 



Male. Body hardly stout. Frontal tuft prominent. Proboscis 

 of the usual length. Palpi pubescent, hardly ascending, extending 

 somewhat beyond the head ; second joint broad, very slightly 

 curved, slightly tufted above at the tip; third lanceolate, very 



