1372 CATALOGUE OF 



lougissimae ; articuli bisetosi. Abdomen obi on go-ova turn, tumidnm, 

 longissimum. Pedes longissimi, gracillimi ; tarsi posteriores lon- 

 gissimi, subspinosi. Alae ampla?, concolores, talde dentatae, lituris 

 non diversis; anticae fasciculo discali squamoso. 



Polysemia, Guen. P/tal. ii. 459. 



Female. Proboscis very robust. Palpi ascending, rather slender, 

 extending somewhat beyond the bead ; third joint filiform, very dis- 

 tinct. Antenna? very long ; each joint with two bristles. Abdomen 

 oblonir-ovate, tumid, very long. Legs very long and slender; pos- 

 terior tarsi very long, with minute spines. Wings ample, very 

 much deniated, alike in colour and with like markings. Fore wings 

 with an elevated discal squamous tuft. 



1. POLYSEMIA STELLIDARIA. 



Foem. Subroseo-cinerea ; alee fascia lata nigricante extus dilalita ; 

 posticce lituris marginalibus albis ,• qualuor subtus rosece, 

 nigricante maculates. 



Polysemia stellidaria, Guen. Phal. ii. 450, 1641. 



Haiti. 



2. Polysemia liraria. 



Fcem. Ochraceo'flava ; alee dentatee, nigra conspersee, lineis 

 duabus nig r is remotis angulosis ; anticee linca exteriore biangu- 

 lala ; posticce lineolis plurimis nigris ; quatuor subtus lituris 

 vix ullis. 



Polysemia liraria, Guen. Phal. ii. 431, 1642. 



Genus 26. SYRTODES. 



Corpus sat robuslum. Palpi varii. Antennae lonj^a?, robustae, 

 maris veiulina? ant serratae. Abdomen crista turn, longissimum, alas 

 posticas superans. Pedes longi ; tibia? posticus incrassata?, calcari- 

 bus remoiis. Alae valde o!)longae ; antica? disco tutnidae, costa con- 

 vexa, margine exteriore rotunda to aut subllexo; posticas discolores, 

 apud angulum interiorem truncatae. 



Sy nodes, Guen. Phal. ii. 451.. 



Body moderately st >ut. Palpi variable. Antennae long, robust, 

 velvety or serrated in the male. Abdomen very long, extending 

 beyond the hind wings, crested in both sexes. Legs long; hind 

 tibia) long, incrassated; the two pairs of spurs remote irom each 



