CATALOGUE OF 



Genus 3. AMETRIS. 

 Mas. Corpus gracillimum. Fasciculus frontalis prominens. 

 Proboscis longa. Palpi validi, porrecti, pubescentes ; articulus 3us 

 subfusiformis, 2i dimidio brevior. Antenna? longissimae, subpec- 

 tinatae, apice simplices. Abdomen lineare, cylindricum, alas posti- 

 cas superans. Pedes nudi, longissimi, gracillimi; tibiae posticas 

 calcaribus sat longis. Alae ampla? ; antica3 subfalcatae, posticis 

 valde longiores, margine exteriore subangulato ; posticae inargine 

 exteriore subdenticulato, angulato. 

 Ametris, Hilbn. Verz. Sckm. 303. Guen. Phal. i. 387. 

 Macrotes, Jardine, Ent. Libr. 



Male. Body very slender. Frontal tuft prominent. Proboscis 

 long. Palpi stout, porrect, horizontal, pubescent ; third joint sub- 

 fusiform, rather less than half the length of the second. Antenna- 

 very long, slightly pectinated to about three-fourths of the length. 

 Abdomen linear, cylindrical, extending somewhat beyond the hind 

 wings. Legs bare, extremely long and slender ; hind tibiae with 

 moderately long spurs. Wings ample. Fore wings subfalcate, very 

 much longer than the hind wings ; exterior border forming a very 

 obtuse angle. Hind wings with the exterior border slightly denti- 

 culated, forming a much more distinct angle than that of the fore 

 wings. 



1. Ametris netricalis. 



Mas. Pallide flavescente-viridis ; caput antica purpurascente- 

 rufum ; alee linea marginali obscure rufa, fimbria alba ; 

 antica rufescente apud costam conspersce, puncto discali nigro ; 

 posticce macula magna discali angulata vitrea nigro rufoque 

 marginata. 



Phalaena netrix, Cram. Pap. Exot. ii. 87, pi. 151, f. E. 



Ametris netricaria, H'ubn. Verz. Sckm. 303, 2921. Guen. Phal. i. 



388, 622, pi. 16, f. 1. 

 Phalaena netrata, Fabr. Syst. Gloss. 136. 

 Macrotes netricaria, Jar dine, Nat. Libr. 

 West Indies. Brazil. 

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



2. Ametris Cordovalis. 



A. netricali affinis, major; alee linea marginali simplici ; posticce 

 dentibus duobus tantum posticis. 

 Ametris Cordovalis, Guen. Phal. i. 388, 623. 

 Cordova, Vera Cruz. 



