784 CATALOGUE OF 



Allied to the Tineida. Male. — Body rather stout. Prohoscis 

 obsolete. Palpi very slightly curved and ascending, longer than 

 the breadth of the head, thickly pilose beneath to the tip of the third 

 joint, which is lanceolate and much shorter than the second. An- 

 tennae smooth, slender, not more than half the length of the fore 

 wings ; first joint thickly pilose. Abdomen extending much beyond 

 the hind wings ; apical tuft broad. Legs moderately long ; fore 

 legs short ; posterior tibiae broadly fringed. Wings elongate, mode- 

 rately broad ; fringe long. Fore wings rounded at the tips; costa 

 convex ; exterior border extremely oblique ; outward half of the 

 interior border slightly excavated. 



1. OsCELLA iEXEOXIYELLA. 



Mas. Alba ; abdomen pallide ceneum ; alee anticce niqro subcon- 

 spersce, lituris paucis traiisversis nigris ; postiea? cenece , fimbria 

 alba. 



Male. White. Abdomen and hind wings pale aeneous, the 

 latter darker beneaih. Fore wings thinly and very minutely black 

 speckled ; a few larger transverse black marks ; under side aeneous, 

 except the fringe. Hind wings with a white fringe. Length of the 

 body 6 — 8 lines ; of the wings 16 — 20 lines. 



a, b. Venezuela. From Mr. Dvson's collection. 

 c. ? 



Genus 71. PHLONGIA. 



Fcem. Corpus robustum. Caput pilosum. Proboscis nulla. 

 Palpi recti, ascendentes, capitis latitudine non longiores ; articulus 

 2us pilosus ; 3us lanceolatus, pul>escens, basi pilosus, 2i dimidio 

 non longior. Antennae breviusculae, sat graciles. Abdomen alas 

 posticas plus dimidio superans. Pedes robusti, breviusculi. Alae 

 antica? iongae, latiusculae, apice rotundatae, margiue exteiiore sub- 

 couvexo. 



Female. Body stout. Head pilose. Proboscis obsolete. Palpi 

 straight, ascending, not longer than the breadih of the head: second 

 joint pilose; third lanceol.ite, pubescent, pilose at the base, about 

 haif the length of the second. Antenna? rather short and slender. 

 Abdomen extending rather more than half its length beyond the 

 hind wings. Legs stout, rather short, squamous-pilose to the tips 

 of the tarsi ; spurs long. Wings lon£, rather broad. Fore wings 

 rounded at the tips ; exterior border slightly convex, moderately 

 oblique. 



