192 CATALOGUE OF 



brevior. Antennae validae. Pedes validi, pubescentes, calcaribus 

 longissimis ; tibiae anticae dilatatoe, basi quasi furcatae. Alae anticae 

 subfalcatae, margine exteriore vix flexo. 



Male. Body moderately stout. Head witb an obtuse frontal 

 tuft. Palpi com pressed, vertical, rising ratber high above the head ; 

 second joint slightly curved, fringed in front; third tufted towards 

 the tip, and thus apparently securiform, much shorter than the 

 second. Antennae stout, with rather long setae. Abdomen not ex- 

 tending beyond the hind wings; apical tuft compressed. Legs 

 stout, pubescent, not pilose; spurs very long; fore tibiae dilated, 

 with an appendage at the base. Wings moderately broad. Fore 

 wings slightly subfalcate ; exterior border hardly bent, moderately 

 oblique. 



1. Opotura Erinusalis. 



Mas. Fusca ; palpi pedesque nigricante notati ; tarsi antici 

 nigri, articulis apice pallidis ; alee anticce lineis nigricantibus 

 denticulatis indistinctis, submarginali fusca duplicata, orbi- 

 culari pallida punctiformi, reniformi e lunula obtusa nigra. 



Male. Brown. Abdomen, hind wings and under side brownish 

 cinereous. Palpi and legs with some blackish marks. Fore tarsi 

 black ; joints with pale tips. Fore wings with the lines blackish, 

 denticulated, indistinct ; submarginal line brown, denticulated, 

 double; marginal points black, apparent also in the hind wings, on 

 which the lines are very indistinct above, but conspicuous beneath ; 

 orbicular mark pale, punctiform ; reniform forming a black lunule, 

 which is obtuse at each end. Length of the body 5 lines ; of the 

 wings 14 lines. 



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



Genus 36. GIZAMA. 



Mas. Corpus sat gracile. Palpi sat graciles, pubescentes, 

 reflexi, thoracis medium attingentes ; articulus 2us valde arcuatus ; 

 3us linearis, rectus 2o longior, quasi furcatus. Antennae graciles, 

 apices versus serratae et deviae, apud apices convolutee. Abdomen 

 alas posticas non superans. Pedes validi, subpilosi. Alae longius- 

 culae ; anticae apud costam valde rectae, apice subrotundatae, mar- 

 gine exteriore obliquo. 



Male. Body rather slender. Palpi rather slender, pubescent, 

 contiguous to the head and rerlexed over it nearly to the middle of 



