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where there is a larger black spot. Length of the body 6 lines ; of 

 the wings 14 lines. 



a. Ega. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



Genus 17. CAPRINIA. 



Mas. Corpus gracile. Proboscis brevis, tenuis. Palpi breves, 

 lati, compressi, pilosi, suberecti, caput vix superantes, articulis 

 indistinctis. Palpi maxillares graciles, distincti. Antennae gra- 

 ciles, longiusculae, submoniliformes. Abdomen subcylindricum, 

 alas posticas paullo superans; fasciculus apicalis parvus. Pedes 

 glabri, graciles, calcaneus longis. Alae tenues, longiusculae ; an- 

 ticae apice rotundatae. 



Male. Body slender. Proboscis short, slight. Palpi broad, 

 short, compressed, pilose, almost vertical, hardly ascending above 

 the head ; joints indistinct. Maxillary palpi slender, distinct. 

 Antennae slender, submoniliform or with nearly triangular joints, 

 | rather long. Abdomen nearly cylindrical, extending very little 

 1 beyond the hind wings ; apical tuft small. Legs smooth, slender ; 

 spurs long. Wings rather long, delicate, moderately broad. Fore 

 wings rounded at the tips; exterior border moderately oblique. 



1. Caprinia Peeiusalis. 



Mas. Alba ; caput, palpi, thorax antice et abdomen apice cha- 

 lybeo-fusca ; pedes antici supra fusci ; alee plaga magna api- 

 call fusca albido bipunctata, fimbria anteriore fusca albido 

 strigata ; anticce maculis tribus subcostalibus chalybeo-fuscis ; 

 posticce gutta discali interiore. 



Male. White. Head, palpi, except at the base, fore part of 

 the thorax and tip of the abdomen brown, with a slight chalybeous 

 tinge. Fore femora and fore tibiae brown above. Middle legs 

 brown about the knees. Wings severally with a large apical brown 

 patch, which contains two whitish points ; fringe brown and with 

 whitish streaks, except towards the interior angle. Fore wings 

 with three chalybeous-brown spots half-enclosed in the brown costal 

 stripe. Hind wings with a brown dot in the interior part of the 

 disk. Length of the body 5 lines ; of the wings 14 lines. 



a. Venezuela. From Mr. Dyson's collection. 



