284 CATALOGUE OF 



Genus 9. LABANDA. 



Mas. Corpus sat robustum. Vertex planus, prominens. Pro- 

 boscis non conspicua. Palpi compressi, longiusculi, subarcuati, 

 oblique ascendentes ; articulus 3us linearis, apice obtusus, 2o brevior. 

 Palpi maxillares obsoleti. Antennae longiusculse, submoniliformes, 

 subfiliformes, subsetosae. Abdomen subcarinatum, valde attenuatum, 

 basi cristatum, alas posticas longe superans, valvulis duabus 

 apicalibus lateralibus longis. Pedes squamosi, sat validi, calcaribus 

 longissimis. Alee sat angustee ; anticae subrotundatae, apud costam 

 subconvexae, margine exteriore sat obliquo. 



Male. Body moderately stout. Vertex forming a conical flat 

 somewbat raised tablet, which projects a little above the base of the 

 antennae. Proboscis obsolete or nearly so. Palpi compressed, 

 rather long, slightly curved, obliquely ascending ; third joint linear, 

 obtuse at the tip, rather shorter than the second. Maxillary palpi 

 obsolete. Antennae submoniliform, nearly filiform, minutely setose, 

 rather long. Abdomen much attenuated, slightly keeled, crested at 

 the base, extending for nearly half its length beyond the hind wings, 

 with a clavate appendage above at its tip, which is furnished with 

 two long lateral valves. Legs squamous, rather stout, moderately 

 long ; spurs very long. Wings rather narrow. Fore wings slightly 

 rounded at the tips, slightly convex along the costa and along the 

 exterior border, which is rather oblique. 



This genus is somewhat abnormal and hardly associated with 

 any of the established families of its tribe, but is apparently most 

 allied to the Pyralidce. 



1. Labanda hekbealis. 



Mas. Fusca, subtus tesiacea ; thorax viridi conspersus ,' alee 

 anticce Uriels viridibus angulosis diffusis, subtus cinereo-f usees ; 

 posiicce cinereo-fusca, subtus pallide testaeece fasciis duabus 

 cinereo-fuscis. 



Male. Brown, testaceous beneath. Thorax speckled with 

 green. Abdomen brownish cinereous ; apical valves whitish testa- 

 ceous. Fore wings with several zigzag diffuse green lines ; fringe 

 green, interlined with blackish brown ; under side cinereous-brown, 

 testaceous along the exterior border, which is black. Hind wings 

 cinereous-brown, with a pale marginal line ; underside pale testa- 

 ceous, with two cinereous-brown bands ; the exterior band broad, 



