410 CATALOGUE OF 



3. LlNEODES CONTOETALIS. 



Foem. Fusca ; alee anticce albo nigroque varies, linea valde con- 

 torta e fascia fusca spatioque albo int.us marginata ; poslicce 

 non dentatce vix sinuatce, disco violaceo-aurato semihyalino, 

 margine nigricante. 



Lineodes contortalis, Guen. Belt, et Pyral. 236, 208. 



Brazil. 



Genus 3. TINEODES. 



Mas. Corpus gracile. Proboscis tenuis. Palpi validi, con- 

 tigui, squamoso-hirsuti, recti aut incumbentes, capite quadruplo 

 longiores ; articuli indistincti. Palpi maxillares non conspicui. 

 Antennae graciles, moniliformes, longissimae, non pubescentes. Ab- 

 domen attenuatum, alas posticas longe superans. Pedes laeves, 

 graciles, longi ; calcaria brevia. Alae squamosa?, valde angustae, 

 concolores, lituris non diversis ; anticae lanceolata3, valde acutae, 

 costa apicem versus arcuata, margine exteriore recto valde obliquo. 



Tineodes, Guen. Delt. et Pyral. 236. 



Male. Body slender. Proboscis slight, hidden between the 

 palpi. Palpi stout, contiguous, hirsute-squamous, straight or in- 

 cumbent, full four times the length of the body ; joints indistinct. 

 Maxillary palpi not visible. Antennae slender, moniliform, very 

 long, not pubescent. Abdomen attenuated, extending far beyond 

 the hind wings. Legs smooth, slender, long; spurs short. Wings 

 squamous, very narrow, alike in colour and with like markings, 

 Fore wings lanceolate, very acute ; costa curved towards the 

 tip ; exterior border straight, very oblique. 



1. TlXEODES ADACTYLALIS. 



Mas. Pulverulento-cinerea ; alee anticce linea exteriore nigra 

 indislincta, squamis discalibus contiguis albis, orbiculari et 

 reniformi nigris, hac e striga recta albo marginata, ilia punc- 

 tiformi, linea marginali nigra^ fimbria nigro alboque varia ; 

 poslicce cinerece, linea nigricante vix conspicua, costa angu- 

 loque interiore nigro notatis. 



Tineodes adactylalis, Guen. Delt. et Pyral. 237, 209. 



Africa ? 



