1204 CATALOGUE OF 



Genus MARIMATHA. 



Fcem. Corpus vix robustum. Proboscis mediocris. Palpi 

 laeves, graciles, subarcuati, verticem longe superantes ; artioulus 3us 

 lanceolatus, 2o brevier. Antenna? setulosae. Abdomen alas posii- 

 cas sat superans. Ala3 anticae acuta?, margine exteriore convexo. 



Female. Body hardly stout. Proboscis of the usual length. 

 Palpi smooth, slender, slightly curved, nearly erect, rising much 

 higher than the vertex ; third joint lanceolate, rather shorter than 

 the second. Antennas setulose. Abdomen extending rather beyond 

 the hind wings. Fore wings acute; exterior border convex, mode- 

 rately oblique. 



Marimatha rhodabialis. 



Herminia rhodarialis, C. L. H. xix. 859. 



Mabimatha dinumebatalis. 



Mas. Aurato-flava ; palpi fusci, arcuati, verticem vix superantes, 

 articulo 3o cinereo lanceolate ; aim anlica? puncto discali nigra, 

 fascia marginali abbreviata cupreo-rufescente, linea marginali 

 fusca ; poslicce albida?, margine exteriore subceneo. 



Male. Gilded yellow, pale cinereous beneath. Palpi browns 

 squamous, curved, rather stout, shorter than the breadth of the head 

 and hardly rising higher than the vertex ; third joint cinereous, lan- 

 ceolate, less than half the length of the second. Antennae setulose. 

 Legs smooth, slender. Fore wings acute ; a black point in the 

 disk ; a marginal cupreous-reddish band, which is abbreviated at 

 each end ; marginal festoon brown ; exterior border convex, slightly 

 oblique. Hind wings whitish, with a slight aeneous tinge along the 

 exterior border. Length of the body 4 lines ; of the wings 

 10 lines. 

 a. Honduras. From Mr. Dyson's collection. 



Mabimatha? nigripalpis. 



Mas. Albida; fasciculus frontal is porrectus, acutus ; palpi nigri, 

 oblique ascendentes^ verticem superantes, articulo 2o supra 

 Jimbriato, 3o lanceolato ; antenna setosce ; pedes laves, sat ro- 

 busti ; aim anticce latce, nigra subconspersce, spatio exteriore 

 subochraceo, macula apicali elongata alba, punctis marginali- 

 bus nigris ; posticce pallide fuscescentes. 



