1378 CATALOGUE OF 



Genus NAGARA. 



Mas et fcem. Corpus crassum. Oculi niagni. Proboscis 

 mediocris. Palpi porrecti, capitis latitudine breviores ; articulus 2us 

 latiusculus; 3ns linearis, gracillimus, 2i dimidio brevior. Antennae 

 longae, graciles, pubescentes. Abdomen lanceolatum, alas posticas 

 paullo superans ; fasciculus apicalis parvus, subcompressus. Alae 

 anticae longae, angustae, vix acuta?, areola longissima, margine exte- 

 riore subconvexo perobliquo. 



Male and female. Body very stout. Eyes large, prominent. 

 Proboscis of the usual length. Palpi porrect, shorter than the breadth 

 of the head ; second joint rather broad ; third linear, very slender, 

 less than half the length of the second. Antennae long, slender, 

 minutely pubescent. Abdomen lanceolate, extending a little beyond 

 the hind wings; apical tuft of the male small, slightly compressed. 

 Legs long, slender ; spurs long and slender. Fore wings long, 

 narrow, hardly acute; exterior border slightly convex, extremely 

 oblique ; discal areolet very long and narrow ; first, second and third 

 inferior veins nearly contiguous at the base; fourth moderately 

 remote from the third ; subanal vein converging towards the fourth 

 inferior vein ; anal vein parallel to the subanal. 



Nagaba phryganealis. 



Mas et fcem. Glauco-fusca ; abdominis latera basi cinereo pilosa ; 

 alee anticce lineis nonnullis obscurioribus angulosis subdupli- 

 catis cinereo aut ochraceo submarginatis ; posticce fere hya- 

 iBice^fusco late marginatce. 



Male and female. Glaucous-brown. Body cinereous beneath. 

 Abdomen clothed with cinereous hairs on each side at the base. 

 Fore wings with several oblique zigzag partly double darker brown 

 lines, which are here and there bordered with cinereous or with dull 

 ochraceous ; under side with a broad cinereous iridescent slightly 

 hyaline streak in the disk. Hind wings iridescent, nearly hyaline, 

 with a broad brown border. Length of the body 1\ — 8 lines ; of 

 the wings 19 — 20 lines. 



a. Jamaica. From Mr. Gosse's collection. 



b. Para. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



c. West Coast of America. Presented by Capt. Kellett and Lieut. 



Wood. 



