72 CATALOGUE OF 



Male. Dingy whitish, cinereous beneath. Palpi brownish on 

 the outer side except towards the tips* Abdomen somewhat cine* 

 reous. Fore wings with diffuse undulating cinereous bands; inte- 

 rior and exterior bands indistinct, the latter obsolete in front of the 

 reniform mark ; submarginal band broad, distinct, preceded by a 

 slender much denticulated line ; reniform mark black, curved, dila- 

 ted hindward. Hind wings dark cinereous, with a paler diffuse 

 and incomplete band. Length of the body 6£ lines ; of the wings 

 18 lines. 



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



Genus 12. HYAMIA. 



Fcem. Corpus sat validum. Fasciculus frontalis latus, sat 

 acutus. Proboscis brevissima. Palpi validi, recti, oblique ascenden- 

 tes, subtus j ilosi, thorace breviores ; articulus 3us 2i dimidio non 

 brevior. Antennae graciles, simplices, corporis dimidio Valde longi* 

 ores.^ Abdomen alas posticas vix superans. Pedes sat graciles, vix 

 pilosi; tibiae posticas calcaribus longis. Ala3 amplee; anticae sub- 

 falcate, margine exteriore subangulato antice subconcavo; posticae 

 margine exteriore vix flexo. 



Female. Body moderately stout. Frontal tuft prominent, 

 broad, rather acute. Proboscis very short. Palpi stout, straight, 

 obliquely ascending, pilose beneath, shorter than the thorax; third 

 joint lanceolate, full half the length of the second. Antenna simple, 

 slender, much more than half the length of the body. Abdomen 

 hardly extending beyond the hind wings. Legs rather slender 

 hardly pilose; hind tibiae with long spurs. Wings ample ; fringe 

 broad. Fore wings subfalcate ; exterior border forming a slight an- 

 gle at a little in front of the middle, its fore part slightly concave, 

 its hind part straight and oblique. Hind wings with the exterior 

 border indistinctly bent. 



1. H YAM I A PALPITA TALIS. 



F(Em ' P« Hi(le ; testa ™, 'fu*co subconspersa ; palpi fusci supra 

 pallidi; alee subtus gutta discali punctisque marginalibus 

 elongatis nrgris ; antica> lineis undulatis valde indistinctis • 

 posticce non conspersa?. 



Female. Pale testaceous, with minute brown speckles, which 

 are most prevalent on the under side of the hind wings. Palpi 



