1428 CATALOGUE OF 



Genus 32. PSALIODES. 



Mas etfcem. Corpus sat gracile. Frons plana aut concava. 

 Proboscis brevis. Palpi porrecti, caput longe superantes ; articulus 

 2us longissimus, compressus, rectangulatus ; articulus 3us parvus, 

 filiformis. Antennae filiformes, glabrae. Pedes longi, graciles ; 

 tibiae posticae calcaribus quatuor approximatis. Alae integrae, te- 

 nues, sericeae ; anticae latae, acuta?, subfalcatae, lineis paucis ; pos- 

 ticae subtus strigatae. 



Psaliodes, Guen. Phal. ii. 480. 



Male and female. Body rather slender. Front flat or con- 

 cave. Proboscis short. Palpi porrect, extending very much beyond 

 the head ; joints approximate ; second joint very long, compressed, 

 rectangular, squamous-hirsute ; third small, filiform, bare. An- 

 tennae filiform, smooth. Legs long, slender ; hind tibiae with two 

 approximate pairs of- spurs. Wings delicate, entire, silky. Fore 

 wings broad, acute, subfalcate; lines few. Hind wings without 

 markings above, streaked beneath. 



1. Psaliodes flavagata. 



Ochracea ; alee antica fusco strigatce et nebulosce, lineis tribus 

 interrupts albis, spatio medio maculaque subapicali fuscis ; 

 posticce fuscescente-cinere&y basi pallidiores. 



Psaliodes flavagata, Guen. Phal. ii. 481, 1696, pi. 22, f. 1. 



Brazil. 



2. Psaliodes paleata. 



Mas. Slraminea, P. flavagatae afllnis, minor; alts angustiores ; 

 anticce lineis duabus basalibus, fascia media flexa, nebulis 

 nonnullis, macula subapicali maculaque costali saturate ligneo- 

 fuscis ; postica pallide cinerea, subtus fusco strigatce, fimbria 

 flava. 



Psaliodes paleata, Guen. Phal. ii. 481, 1697, 



Colombia. 



