424 CATALOGUE OF 



I. Parthenodes hydrocampalis. 



Mas et finem. Alba, Candida; palpi fuscescente-flavi ; alee lineis 

 ochraceo-flavis concisis nigricante marginatis ; anticce casta 

 subconvexa, apice obtusce, angulo interiore valde rotundato, 

 lineis duabus parallelis valde flexis ; posticce rotundatce, lineis 

 tribus remotis, la 2aque parallelis rectis oblongis, 3a arcuata 

 margineque exteriore subparallelis. 



Parthenodes hydrocampalis, Guen. Belt, et PyraL 253, 240. 



Cayenne. 



2. PAETHENODES ? XANTHOLEUCALIS. 



Fcem. Alba ; alee linea marginali vaga ochracea ; anticce trigone? 

 acuta, costa recta, lineis duabus rectis parallelis remotis macu- 

 laque discali intermedia ochraceo-flavis; posticce puncto dis- 

 cali interiore lituraque brevi apud angulum interiorem 

 ochraceo-flavis. 



Parthenodes? xantholeucalis, Guen. Delt. et PyraL 253, 241. 



Georgia, United States. 



Genus 11. CARCANTIA. 



Mas. Corpus gracillimum. Proboscis gracilis. Palpi por- 

 recti, coropressi, hfrsuto-squamosi, thorace fix breviores; articulus 

 3us 2o brevior. Antennae longissimae, graciles, subtnoniliformes. 

 Thorax brevis. Abdomen longum, cylindricum, alas posticas plus 

 dimidio superans. Pedes glabri, graciles, longissimi, calcaribus 

 aequalibus breviusculis. Alae valde angustae, sat acutae ; antieae 

 margine exteriore perobliquo. 



Male. Structure much resembling that of the Pterophoridce, 

 which family is nearly allied to the Pyralites. Body very slender. 

 Proboscis slender, moderately long. Palpi porrect, compressed, hir- 

 sute-squamous, nearly as long as the thorax ; third joint shorter 

 than the second. Antennae very long, slender, slightly moniliform. 

 Thorax short. Abdomen long, cylindrical, extending for more than 

 half the length beyond the hind winsrs. Legs smooth, slender, 

 very long; spurs equal, rather short. Wings very narrow, rather 

 acute. Fore wings with the exterior border extremely oblique. 





