440 CATALOGUE OP 



Genus 56. SANGUESA. 



Mas. Corpus sat robustura. Proboscis mediocris. Palpi 

 laeves, sat graciles, oblique ascendentes, verticem vix superantes ; 

 articulus 3us conicus, minimus. Antenna? graciles. Abdomen 

 breviusculum ; fasciculus apicalis parvus. Pedes laeves, sat robusti. 

 Alae anticae lata?, apice rectangulatae, margine exteriore subconvexo 

 subobliquo; postica? abdomen superantes, margine exteriore postico 

 subtruncato, margine interiore subdilatato subplicato. 



Male. Body rather stout. Proboscis of moderate length. 

 Palpi smooth, rather slender, obliquely ascending, hardly rising 

 higher than the vertex; third joint conical, not more than one- 

 sixth of the length of the second. Antenna? smooth, slender. Ab- 

 domen rather short; apical tuft small. Legs smooth, rather stout; 

 hind tibiae with four moderately long spurs. Wings broad. Fore 

 wings rectangular at the tips, with a pouch at the base of the costa ; 

 costa slightly convex, straight exteriorly ; exterior border slightly 

 convex and oblique. Hind wings extending beyond the abdomen, 

 with the exterior border slightly truncated hindward; interior border 

 slightly dilated and folded. 



1. Sanguesa cosmiana. 



Mas. Lateritia ; subtus pallide ochracea ; abdomen rufescente- 

 cinereum; alee anticce nigro cons per see, macula exteriore cos- 

 tali trigona alba, linea submarginali e lunulis pallide cinereis 

 nigro punctatis, linea marginali nigricante, fasciculo subtus 

 parvo atro ; posticce sublutece, margine dijfuso fuscescenle 

 vix inter linea to. 



Male. Brick-red, mostly pale ochraceous beneath. Abdomen 

 reddish cinereous. Thorax and fore wings very minutely speckled 

 with black; a white triangular costal spot beyond two-thirds of the 

 length ; submarginal line pale cinereous, curved, composed of 

 lunules, accompanied by black points ; marginal line blackish ; tuft 

 near the base beneath deep black. Hind wings dull luteous, with a 

 diffuse brownish border, which is broadest about the tips, and is 

 indistinctly and incompletely interlined, and disappears towards 

 the interior angle. Length of the body 4 lines ; of the wings 

 12 lines. 



a. Ega. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



