786 CATALOGUE OF 



. Genus 73. CAS APE. 



Mas. Corpus sat robustum. Caput piiis erectis vestitum. 

 Proboscis nulla. Palpi capitis latiiudioe paulio longiores ; articulus 

 2us subfiuibriatus ; 3u>. tusiforrais, 2o valde brevier. Antennae 

 glabrae. Abdomen alas posticus lorn^e superaus. Pedes validi ; 

 tibiai posticus subfimbriaLe. Aloe anlicae latae, apice rotundatae, 

 margine exteriore convexo sat nbiujuo. 



Allied to ihe Tineidce. Male, — IJody moderately stout. Head 

 with short erect baits. Proboxci* obsolete. Pa<pi a little longer 

 than the breadth of the bead : second joint with a short thick fringe 

 beneath; tuir<i fusiform, much shorter tuan the second. Antennas 

 smooth. Abdomen extending bevoud the hind wings. Legs stout; 

 hind tibiae slightly fringed. Wings bruad ; tViuge moderately long. 

 Fore wings rounded at the lips ; exterior border convex, rather 

 oblique. 



1. Casa.pi: pauctjlclla. 



Mas. Tfsf((crn-alf>id« ; alee anlirtp. nlomis nonnuVis indistinctis 

 fusccscetflibus, lituris Iribus mactuaqrc exterior? costalibus, 

 ptinelis dcobus discalibus puuctoqne marginaii nigricanlibus ; 

 posii'j<f cinerece. 



Male. Testaceous-whitish. Fore wintrs with some indistinct 

 brownish speckles ; iour nlackisb coslai marks : first mark extending 

 to the disk, mucu larger than the other three ; a blackish point in 

 the disk rather nearer the base than the first mark ; a second blackish 

 point in the disk between the second mark and a blackish spot on 

 the interior border ; a blackish doi on the exterior border ; under 

 side brownish. Hind wings cinereous. Leugth of the body 3 Hues; 

 of the wings 9 Mues. 



a. Venezuela. From Mr. Dyson's collection. 



Genus 74. TZATHA. 



Fcem. Corpus sat robustum. Proboscis brevis. Palpi arcuati, 

 capitis latitudine duple longiores ; articulus 2us squamoso-hirsutus ; 

 3us setiformis, 2o paullo brevior. Antennae graciles. Abdomen 

 alas posticas longe superans. Pedes longiusculi, sat robusti ; tibiae 

 posticae subpilosae. Alae antica: lon<jae, asperae, apice subrotuudatae, 

 costa exteriore subincisa, margine exteriore subobliquo vix convexo. 



