1766 CATALOGUE OF 



Male. Body rather stout. Proboscis short. Palpi porrect, 

 extending a little beyond the head ; third joint elongate-conical, 

 about half the length of the second. Antennae moderately pectinated, 

 rather short. Thorax very robust. Abdomen much more slender 

 than the thorax ; apical tuft rather long. Legs smooth, rather short ; 

 hind tibiae with four very long spurs. Wings broad. Fore wings 

 elongate, somewhat truncated at the tips ; costa straight ; exterior 

 border forming a much rounded angle in front, straight and rather 

 oblique hindward ; interior border convex ; inferior veins somewhat 

 distorted. Hind wings dilated, extending a little beyond the abdo- 

 men ; exterior border very slightly scolloped, indistinctly angular in 

 front; interior angle prominent. 



This genus is very different from all the other Fidonida, but 

 seems to be still more remote from the other genera of Geometriles. 



MEN DA PHRYGANEATA. 



Mas. Cinerea, fusco conspersa, subtus pallide ochracea ; alee linea 

 submarginali tenui ferruginea nigro punctata; antica? vitta 

 fusca, vitta brevi ferruginea, plaga elongata punctisque tribus 

 anticis marginalibus nigris. 



Male. Cinereous, brown-speckled, pale ochraceous and thinly 

 brown-speckled beneath. Wings with a slight ferruginous submar- 

 ginal line, which is accompanied by black points. Fore wings with 

 a brown stripe, which is parallel to the costa and extends exteriorly 

 alongside of a short ferruginous stripe ; subcostal space more speckle" 

 than the wings elsewhere ; an elongated marginal patch and mos 

 of the fringe black ; three marginal black points in front. Lengt" 

 of the body 6 lines ; of the wings 16 lines. 



Ega. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



Larentia indiscriminata. 



Mas. Sordide cinerea; palpi breves, lati,obtusi; antenna sub- 

 pubescentes ; ala elongata?, angustm, linea submarginali fusca 

 interrupta ; antica? acutce, fusco conspersa?, lineis nonnullis 

 fuscis indistinctis denticulatis, spatio marginali fuscescente 

 lineam submarginalem angulosam pallide cineream includente, 

 puncto discali nigro sat magno ; posticce puncto discali 



