134 CATALOGUE OF 



longe superans. Pedes laeves, sat graciles ; tibiae posticae calcari- 

 bus quatuor breviusculis. Alae longae, sat angustae ; anticae apice 

 rotundatae. 



Male and female. Body moderately stout. Proboscis elon- 

 gate. Palpi stout, pubescent, applied to the head, not rising higher 

 than the vertex ; third joint extremely short. Antennae pubescent in 

 the male, smooth in the female. Abdomen extending much beyond 

 the hind wings. Legs smooth, rather slender ; hind tibiae with 

 four rather short spurs. Wings long, rather narrow. Fore wings 

 rounded at the tips; costa straight; exterior border very slightly 

 convex, rather oblique. 



1. ZUNACETHA BIPARTITA. 



Mas et foem. Alba; caput luteum ; thorax nigro fasciatus, an- 

 lice luteus ; alee antica costa basi, annulo magno, linea ob- 

 liqua angulata radiisque exterioribus nigris, striga costali 

 basalt maculoque discali luteis ; postiae apud marginem exte- 

 rior em plus minusve fuscescentes. 



Male and female. White, shining. Head and thorax bright 

 luteous. Thorax with a slender black band in front. Fore wings 

 with a luteous streak along the base of the costa, which is black at 

 the base ; a large irregular black basal ringlet, contiguous on the 

 outer side to a luteous spot which adjoins an oblique slightly angu- 

 lar black line, whence nine black lines proceed to the exterior bor- 

 der. Hind wings more or less brownish about the exterior border. 

 Length of the body 6^—7 lines ; of the wings 16 — 17 lines. 



a, b. Honduras. From Mr. Dyson's collection. 



Genus 88. PINDICITOEA. 



Mas et foem. Corpus robustum. Fasciculus frontalis pro- 

 ductus, Proboscis brevis, gracilis. Palpi porrecti, validi, pilosi, 

 capitis latitudine non breviores ; articulus 3us parvus, longi-conicus. 

 Antenna breves. Abdomen alas posticas superans. Pedes laeves, 

 loiiijiusculi ; tibiae posticae quadricalcaratae. Alae anticae elongatae, 

 angustae, apice rotundatae, margine exteriore convexo subobliquo. 

 Mas.— Minor. Alae breviores. Antennae late pectinatae. Fcem. — 

 Antennae glabra^. 



Male and female. Body stout. Frontal tuft rather prominent. 

 Proboscis short, slender. Palpi porrect, stout, pilose, as long as the 



