1274 CATALOGUE OF 



with the second ; third linear, rounded at the tip, full half the length 

 of the second. Antenna? stout. Abdomen extending a little beyond 

 the hind wings. Legs smooth, stout ; posterior tarsi towards the 

 base and posterior tibiae broadly fringed ; spurs moderately stout, 

 not long. Wings dense, rather broad. Fore wings rectangular at 

 the tips ; exterior border convex, hardly oblique. 



Gazaca dirutalis. 



Fcem. Cervina ; pectoris latera nigricantia ; abdominis segmenta 

 cinereo marginata ; alee anticm linea basali informi lineaque 

 media subarcuata fuscis y fascia exteriore informi subroseo- 

 albida lineas daas fuscas includente, linea adhuc exteriore 

 albida arcuata abbreviata, punctis marginalibus nigricantibus ; 

 posticce linea postmediafusca angulosa. 



Female. Fawn-colour, cinereous beneath. Pectus blackish on 

 each side. Hind borders of the abdominal segments pale cinereous. 

 Fore wings with an irregular brown line very near the base, and 

 with a middle brown line, which is very slightly curved inward and 

 borders the inner side of an irregular whitish band ; the latter has a 

 slight rosy tinge and contains two incomplete brown lines ; a whitish 

 curved more exterior line not extending to the interior border; mar- 

 ginal points blackish. Hind wings with a zigzag brown line at 

 somewhat beyond the middle. Length of the body 4^ lines ; of the 

 wings 10 lines. 



a. Limas, Honduras. Presented by H. T. Stainton, Esq. 



Genus PHARAMBARA. 



Fcem. Corpus gracile. Proboscis brevissima. Palpi laeves, 

 graciles, oblique ascendentes, verticem paullo superanles ; articulus 

 3us lanceolatus, 2o valde brevior. Pedes glabri, graciles. Alae 

 margine exteriore subflexo ; anticae elongatae, subacutae. 



Female. Body slender. Proboscis very short. Palpi smooth, 

 slender, obliquely ascending, rising a little higher than the vertex ; 

 third joint lanceolate, much shorter than the second. Legs smooth, 

 slender. Wings elongated ; exterior border slightly bent. Fore 

 wings slightly acute. 



