1100 CATALOGUE OF 



Emea PALPALIS. 



Mas. Cinereo-cervina ; palpi albidi, fusco conspersi ; alee fusco 

 strigatee, fasciis tribus fuscis diffusis indistinctis, punciis 

 marginalibus nigris ; anticce striga alba clavata obliqua, vitta 

 costali nigricante. 



Male. Cinereous fawn-colour. Palpi whitish, brown-speckled ; 

 second joint brown on the outer side, except at the tip. Wings 

 transversely and minutely brown-streaked, with three indistinct and 

 diffuse brown bands, which are nearly obsolete in the hind wings ; 

 marginal points black. Fore wings with a blackish costal stripe, 

 and with a white oblique clavate streak in the disk near the tip. 

 Length of the body 10 lines; of the wings 24 lines. 



Bogota. In Mr. Birchall's collection. 



Genus ELIXOIA. 



Mas. Corpus sat robustum. Proboscis breviuscula. Palpi 

 laeves, oblique ascendentes, verlicem longe superantes ; articulus 

 2us latiusculus, limbriatus; 3us linearis, 2o dimidio non brevior. 

 Antennae setosee. Abdomen alas posticas non superans; fasciculus 

 apicalis minimus. Pedes subfimbriati, sat graciles ; calcaria longa ; 

 tarsi gracillimi. Alae anticae elongatse, acutse, margine exteriore 

 convexo sat obliquo ; posticae margine exteriore subangulato. 



Male. Body moderately stout. Proboscis rather short. Palpi 

 smooth, obliquely ascending, rising much higher than the vertex ; 

 second joint rather broad, fringed beneath ; third linear, very 

 much more slender than the second, and full half its length. 

 Antennae setose. Abdomen not extending beyond the hind wings; 

 apical tuft very small. Legs rather slender; femora and tibiae 

 fringed with short hairs; spurs long; tarsi very slender. Wings 

 elongate, moderately broad. Fore wings acute; exterior border 

 slightly convex, rather oblique ; first, second and third inferior 

 yeins approximate at the base ; fourth very remote. Hind wings 

 with the exterior border slightly angular in the middle. 



Allied to Hypernaria. 



Elixoia subocellata. 



Mas. Obscure cinereo-rufa ; alee lineis duabus postmediis nigri- 

 cantibus obliquis undulatis cinereo marginatis, fimbria bad 



