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at the tip, extending beyond the hind wings. Legs smooth, rather 

 long and slender; fore tibiae crested beneath. Wings ample. 

 Fore wings oblong, falcate; exterior border angular, or with two 

 excavations. 



1. Sparagmia gigantalis. 



Ochracea, subtus alba ; alee anticce lineis daabus obliquis et reni- 

 formi vacua fuseis, fascia submarginali antice abbreviata pal- 

 lide purpurea, fimbria fusca ex parte alba ; postica pallida, 

 extus ochracece, puncto antico lineaque exteriore obliqua indis- 

 tincta fuscescentibus. 



Sparagmia gigantalis, Guen. Delt. et Pyral. 216, 178. 



a, b. St. Domingo. From Mr. Tweedie's collection, 

 c. Villa Nova. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



Genus 13. DAKABA. 



Mas, Corpus vix robustum. Proboscis brevis. Palpi longi, 

 oblique ascendentes; articulus 2us pilosus ; 3us linearis, gracilis, 

 apice acutus, 2o vix brevior. Antennae squamosa, corporis dimidio 

 vix longiores. Abdomen conicum, alas posticas longe superans. 

 Pedes squamosi, longiusculi, sat validi. Alae longEe, angustae ; an- 

 licse subfalcata?, margine exteriore undulato. 



Male. Body hardly stout. Proboscis short. Palpi long, ob- 

 liquely ascending ; second joint pilose ; third linear, slender, acute 

 at the tip, almost as long as the second. Antenna? squamous, little 

 more than half the length of the body. Abdomen conical, extending 

 far beyond the hind wings. Legs squamous, rather long and 

 stout ; spurs moderately long. Wings long, narrow. Fore wings 

 sub falcate ; exterior border undulating. 



1. Daraba Idmonealis. 



Mas. Cinereo-cervina ; abdomen apice f us cum, later ibus fusces- 

 centibus ; aim anticce apud costam albida, maculis duabus 

 obliquis discalibus strigaque marginali antica fuseis albo mar- 

 ginatis ; postica albida., semihyalince, fuscescente marginatce. 



Male. Cinereous fawn-colour ; under side and abdomen 

 paler ; the latter brownish along each side and with a brown tip. 

 Fore wings whitish along the costa, with two oblique discal dark 



