LEPIDOPTEEA HETKROOEEA. 1199 



tips ; exterior border slightly bent opposite the second inferior vein ; 

 the latter nearer to the first tham to the third inferior vein ; fourth 

 very remote from the third. 



TlBBACANA XANTHIALIS. 



Fcem. Leeteflava; abdomen pallide cinereum ; alee punctis mar- 

 ginalibus nigris ; anticce roseo conspersce, punctis duobus 

 nigris, striga obliqua purpurascente intus diffusa ; posticce 

 pallide cinerece. 



Female. Bright yellow. Abdomen, hind wings and under side 

 pale cinereous ; under side with black marginal points. Fore wings 

 rosy-speckled; two black points in the disk, one behind the other ; 

 an irregular oblique purplish streak, diffuse on the inner side, ex- 

 tending from near the tip behind the points towards the basal part 

 of the interior border; under side with an irregular blackish stripe, 

 which extends from the base to an irregular oblique blackish band. 

 Length of the body 5 lines ; of the wings 14 lines. 



Brazil. In Mr. Saunders' collection. 



Genus MOSCHA. 



Mas. Corpus sat validum. Fasciculus frontalis produclus. 

 Proboscis brevis. Palpi graciles, squamosi, subascendentes, capitis 

 latitudine duplo longiores ; articulus 3us lanceolatus, 2o valde bre- 

 vior. Antenna? pectinatae. Abdomen lanceolatum, alas posticas 

 longe superans ; fasciculus apicalis elongatus, subcompressus. Pedes 

 glabri, graciles ; calcaria gracilia, longissima. Alse anticas elongatae, 

 apice rectangulata?, costa climidio basali vix convexa apicem versus 

 vix concava, margine exteriore subangulato ; posticae margine exte- 

 riore angulato postice dentato. 



Male. Body moderately stout. Frontal tuft prominent. Pro- 

 boscis short. Palpi slender, squamous, slightly ascending, rising a 

 little higher than the vertex, twice longer than the breadth of the 

 head ; third joint Janceolate, much shorter than the second. An- 

 tennas moderately pectinated. Abdomen lanceolate, extending much 

 beyond the hind wings ; apical tuft elongate, slightly compressed. 

 Legs smooth, slender ; spurs slender, very long. Wings elongate, 

 moderately broad. Fore wings rectangular at the tips ; costa hardly 

 convex along half the length from the base, hardly concave along 



