1756 CATALOGUE OF 



Antennae stout, smooth. Abdomen extending a little beyond the 

 bind wings. Legs smooth, slender; hind tibiae with four long 

 spurs. Wings slightly elongated. Fore wings acute, pale ochraceous, 

 partly whitish in the disk, transversely ochraceous-speckled, with a 

 broad brown hardly oblique band, which emits a broad outward- 

 widening streak to the exterior border ; a few small transverse brown 

 white-bordered submar»inal marks; costa with minute black 

 speckles. Hind wings without markings. Length of the body 

 4|- lines; of the wings 12 lines. 



Brazil. In Mr. Saunders' collection. 



ACIDAXIA? ISOGRAPHATA. 



Fcem. Flavescens, sericea, subius albida ; caput rufescente fascia - 

 turn; palpi porrecti, brevissimi, laves, graciles ; antenna 

 validce, subserrata ; pedes sat validi, calcaribus longis ; alee 

 lineis Iribus arcuatis rufescentibus ; an tica acuta, fascia 2a 

 interlineata ; postica margine exteriore fiexo. 



Female. Yellowish, silky, shining, whitish beneath. Head 

 with a reddish band in front. Palpi porrect, smooth, slender, not 

 exteuding beyond the head ; third joint very minute. Antennae 

 stout, minutely seriated. Legs smooth, rather stout; hind tibiae 

 with four long spurs. Wings ample, with three curved reddish 

 bands, which are retracted towards the costa. Fore wings acute; 

 second and third bands nearly parallel to each other; second band 

 interlined with yellow ; costa hardly convex; exterior border slightly 

 convex, rather oblique. Hind wings with the second and third 

 bands bent in the middle, corresponding to the bend of the exterior 

 border. Length of the body 5 lines ; of the wings 14 lines. 



Amazon Eegion. In Mr. Saunders' collection. 



Acid alia effrexata. 



Mas. Obscure cinerea. subtus pallida: caput antice nigricans; 

 palpi caput non superantes ; antenna pubeseentes, subserraia ; 

 tibia postica incrassata, non calcarata ; ala latiuscula.fusco 

 conspersa, lineis ouatuor fuscis angulosis, puncto discali 

 punctisque marginalibus nigris ; antica acuta. 



Male. Dark cinereous, rather stout, much paler beneath. 

 Head blackish in front. Palpi porrect, slender, not extending be- 

 yond the head; thiid joint extremely short. Antennae stout, 



