1198 CATALOGUE OF 



very high above the vertex ; third joint less than half the length of 

 the second. Antennae pubescent, setose, rather short and slender. 

 Abdomen extending a little beyond the hind wings ; apical tuft of 

 moderate size. Legs smooth, rather short and stout; spurs long, 

 slender. Wings elongate, moderately broad. Fore wings with a 

 narrow and very deep excavation on the middle of the exterior bor- 

 der ; fore part of the latter slightly truncated ; fourth inferior vein 

 very remote from the third. 



G ABE RASA AMBIGUALIS. 



Mas. Obscure cervina ; alee anticee basi paliidiores, gutta basali 

 nigra, lineis duahus nigris antemediis, \a subobliqua fusco 

 marginata, "2a diffusa undufata, linea postmedia nigra denti- 

 culata, plaga subapicali fusca cinereo marginala ; posticce 

 cinereee, lineis tribus diffusis margineque fuscescentibus. 



Male. Dark fawn-colour, cinereous beneath, Fore wings 

 paler between the base, and a slightly oblique black line at one- 

 fourth of the length, which line is broadly bordered with brown on 

 the outer side; a black basal dot; a black diffuse undulating ante- 

 medial line ; a black denticulated postmedial line, more slender and 

 concise than the preceding line, its hind part much curved inward ; 

 a brown subapical patch, bordered on the outer side by a cinereous 

 line; three black points on the fore part of the exterior border. 

 Hind wings cinereous, with three diffuse brownish lines, and with a 

 brownish border. Length of the body \\ lines ; of the wings 

 12 lines. 



a. North America. From Mr. Carter's collection. 



Genus TIBRACANA. 



Fcem. Corpus gracile. Proboscis mediocris. Palpi sat gra- 

 Ciles, oblique ascendentes, capitis latitudine plus duplo longiores; 

 articulus 2us subfimbriatus; 3us lanceolatus. Abdomen alas pos- 

 ticas superans. Pedes Iseves, sat graciles ; calcaria longa, gracilia. 

 Alse anticae lataB, apice rectangulatae, margine exteriore subflexo. 



Female. Body slender. Proboscis of the usual length. Palpi 

 obliquely ascending, rather slender, more than twice longer than the 

 breadth of the head; second joint slightly fringed above; third lan- 

 ceolate, nearly half the length of the second. Abdomen extending 

 somewhat beyond the hind wings. Legs smooth, rather slender ; 

 spurs long, slender. Wings broad. Fore wings rectangular at the 



