802 CATALOGUE OF 



slender; hind tibiae slightly fringed. Wings rather broad ; fringe 

 long. Fore wings slightly acute ; exterior border straight, mode- 

 rately oblique. 



1. THE MA BEE VI VI TELL A. 



Fcem. Nigro-purpurea ; carpus suhtus luteum ; caput luteum, 

 verticis discus nigro-purpureus ; thoracis tegulce lutea ; al& 

 anticce vittis duabus interruptis connexis luteis ; posticce 

 cuprece. 



Female. Blackish purple. Body luteous beneath. Head 

 luteous ; disk of the vertex blackish purple. Second joint of the 

 palpi with blackish hairs beneath. Tegulce of the thorax luteous. 

 Fore wings with two irregular interrupted luteous stripes, which are 

 connected in the middle of the disk ; fringe luteous. Hind wings 

 cupreous. Length of the body 2 lines ; of the wings 6 lines, 



a. Australia. From Mr. Darnel's collection. 



Genus 93. EHOBONDA. 



Fcem. Corpus sat gracile. Caput laeve. Palpi deflexi, cor- 

 poris latitudine vix breviores ; articulus 2us rectus, late fimbriatus ; 

 3us gracilis, 2i dimidio non longior. Antennae gracillirnas, alis 

 anticis vix breviores. Abdomen alas posticas longissime superans. 

 Pedes sat graciles ; tibiae posticae subfimbriatae. Alae anticae an- 

 gustae, apice rotundatae, margine exteriore convexo perobliquo. 



Allied to Sophronia. Female. — Body rather slender. Head 

 smooth. Palpi diverging, nearly half the length of the body; 

 second joint straight, deeply and thickly fringed on both sides ; third 

 slender, setiform, not more than half the length of the second. An- 

 tennae very slender, nearly as long as the fore wings. Abdomen 

 extending for three-fourths of the length beyond the hind wings. 

 Legs rather slender; hind tibiae with a very short fringe ; spurs very 

 long. Wings narrow. Fore wings rounded at the tips ; exterior 

 border convex, very oblique. Hind wings with a long fringe. 



1. Khobonda punctatella. 



Foem. Ferruginea ; caput antice argenteo-cinereum ; abdomen 

 (Bveum; ala anticce lituris plurimis tranversis obscure fuscis, 

 gutta discali punctisgue marginalibus nigris. 



