952 CATALOGUE OF 



Genus 8. SOCHCEIORA. 



Fcem. Corpus gracile. Proboscis gracilis. Palpi glabri, 

 graciles, ascendentes, capitis latitudine multo longiores; articulus 

 3ue setiformis, 2o brevior. Antenna? graciles, breves. Thorax 

 brevis. Abdomen longnm, fusiforme. Pedes longi, glabri, graciles ; 

 calcaria longissima. A1# anticuj falcatse, fissa?, margioe exteriore 

 subdentato ; posticae bih'ssae. 



Female. Body slender. Proboscis slender. Palpi smooth, 

 slender, ascending, much longer than the breadth oftbe head; third 

 joint setiform, shorter than the second. Antenna) slender, less than 

 balf the length of the fore wings. Thorax short. Abdomen long, 

 fusiform, extending for its whole length beyond the hind wings. 

 Legs long, smooth, slender ; spurs very long. Fore wings falcate, 

 increasing in breadth from the base to the interior angle, with a 

 fissure extending from three-fourths of the length to the middle of 

 the exterior border, which is slightly dentate and moderately oblique. 

 Hind wings with three irregular divisions, which have fringed 

 borders ; first fissure extending from beyond the middle of the disk 

 to the exterior border ; second extending from near the base to the 

 interior border. 



1. SoCHCIIOIlA DONATELLA. 



Foem. Aurato ferrugineo-rufa ; alee antica strigis pallidioribus, 

 linea transversa abbreviate nigra ex parte einereo marginata, 

 linea exteriore transversa albida dentala, linea marginali 

 nigra ; postica; nigricantes^ bast rufescentes. Var. — Ala; 

 antics obscure rufo-Jusca;. 



Female. Gilded ferruginous-red, paler beneath. Fore wings 

 with a few short paler streaks; an abbreviated transverse black 

 partly cinereous-bordered line beyond the middle; a more exterior 

 whitish dentate transverse line ; marginal line black ; fringe cine- 

 reous ; costa mostly black. Hind wings blackish, reddish at the 

 base. Var. — Fore wings dark reddish brown. Length of the body 

 4 lines ; of the wings 8 lines. 



a—d. Ega. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



Fam. 2. ALUCITlDiE. 



Alucitida), Sta. 



