1746 CATALOGUE OF 



Emplocia? LUCIGERATA. 



Teem. Nigra, gracilis, subtus albida ; palpi graciles, acuti, caput 

 perpaullo superantes ; pedes Iceves, graciles ; alee alba, semi- 

 hyalina ; anticce apice rotundatce, spatio exteriore nigro guttam 

 submarginalem albam includente, plaga basali magna nigra ; 

 posticce abdomen superantes, fascia marginali nigra postice 

 atlenuata. 



Female. Black, slender, whitish beneath. Palpi porrect, 

 slender, acute, extending very little beyond the head ; third joint 

 very minute. Legs smooth, slender; hind tibiae with four mode- 

 rately long spurs. Wings white, semihyaline. Fore wings rounded 

 at the tips ; exterior part black, including a white submarginaJ dot ; 

 a large black basal patch, which does not extend to the interior 

 border; exterior border convex, rather oblique. Hind wings ex- 

 tending beyond the abdomen, with a black marginal band, which is 

 attenuated hindward. Length of the body 3J lines ; of the wings 

 10 Hues. 



a. Bogota. From Mr. Stevens* collection. 



