524 CATALOGUE OF 



apicem versus subfasciculatis. Pedes longissimi, gracillimi, cal- 

 caribus longissimis. Alae anticae longse, latiusculae, acuta3. 



Male. Body stout. Proboscis short. Palpi slender, porrect' 

 extending very little beyond the head ; third joint very minute* 

 Antenna? smooth, hardly more than half the length of the body- 

 Thorax with long erect hairs. Abdomen extending much beyond 

 the hind wings, slightly tufted on each side towards the tip, which 

 is quadrate. Legs smooth, very long and slender ; spurs very long. 

 Wings long, rather broad. Fore wings acute; costa and exterior 

 border straight, the latter moderately oblique. 



1. RUPELA NIVEA. 



Mas. Nivea ; corpus subtus cinereum ; abdomen apice ochra- 

 ceum. 



Male. Pure white. Body cinereous beneath. Abdominal 

 segments beneath with white hind borders ; tip with short ochraceous 

 hairs. Length of the body 8 lines ; of the wings 20 lines. 



a. Santarem. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



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



c. ? From Mr. Milne's collection. 



d-f. — -? 



2. RUPELA OCCIDENTELLA. 



Mas. Alba, nitens ; palpi graciles, pilosi, articulo 3o brevissimo ; 

 abdominis fasciculus apicalis longiusculus ; alee anticce vix 

 acuta, margine exteriore perobliquo. 



Male. White, shining, slender. Palpi porrect, slender, pilose, 

 much shorter than the breadth of the head; third joint very short. 

 Abdomen extending much beyond the hind wings; apical tuft 

 rather long. Wings narrow. Fore wings hardly acute ; exterior 

 border very oblique. Length of the body 4 lines ; of the wings 

 9 lines. 



a. Sierra Leone. From Mr. Foxcroft's collection. 



3. Rupela? "degenerella. 



Mas. Alba; palpi caput superantes, articulo So longi-conico ; 

 thorax pilis nullis erectis ; abdomen cinereum, alas posticas 

 longe superans, fasciculis nullis later alibus ; al& anticce sat 

 angustce. 



