428 CATALOGUE OE 



I. PSEPHIS MYRMIDONALIS. 



Foem. Albida, cervino conspersa ; alee cinereo-albce, fusco con~ 

 spersce, punctis marginalibus nigris ; anticce lineis quatuor 

 strigaque obliqua discali cervinis ; posticce lineis duabus, la 

 indistincta. 



Psephis myrmidonalis, Guen. Delt. et Pyral. 257. 



Genus 2. AULACODES. 



Mas. Corpus gracilliraum. Ocelli distincti. Proboscis sat 

 longa. Palpi breves, oblique ascendentes ; articulus 2us latissimus, 

 villoso-hirsutus; 3us brevis, truncatus. Palpi maxillares contigui, 

 vix breviores. Antennae longae, graciles, moniliformes. Pedes lon- 

 gissimi, tibiis tarsisque anticis pilosis, tibiis posticis fasciculatis. 

 Alae tenuissimae, oblonga? ; anticce angustae, margine exteriore sub- 

 flexo; posticae angustae, sinuatae. 



Aulacodes, Guen. Delt. et Pyral. 258. 



Male. Body very slender. Ocelli distinct. Proboscis rather 

 long. Palpi short, obliquely ascending; second joint very broad, 

 villose-hirsute ; third short, truncated. Maxillary palpi contiguous 

 to the labial palpi and hardly shorter. Antennae lon£, slender, rao- 

 niliform. Legs very long; fore tibiae and fore tarsi with squamous 

 hairs ; hind tibiae with a large tuft of thick hairs at the base of their 

 first pair of spurs ; one of the spurs also pilose. Wings oblong, 

 very delicate. Fore wings narrow, exterior border slightly bent. 

 Hind wings short, sinuated. 



1. Aulacodes jEschmialis. 



Mas. Cervina ; alee anticce postice nigricante conspersce, lineis 

 duabus transversis albis subparallelis postice arcuatis, lineis 

 duabus exterioribus valde obliquis postice abbreviatis macula- 

 que intermedia trigona albis, striga posteriore nigra vaga, linea 

 submarginali alba, fimbria nigro-cinerea albido bis interrupta ; 

 posticce obscure cinerece, lineis tribus albis incompletes, fimbria 

 alba nigro inter lineata. 



Aulacodes iEsehmialis, Guen. Delt. et Pyral. 258, 243. 



Cayenne. 



