738 CATALOGUE OF 



band, purplish cinereous; orbicular mark black, puncliform ; exte- 

 rior border very oblique. Hind wings with two broad very irregular 

 purplish cinereous bands. Length of the body 9 lines; of the wings 

 20 lines. 



Genus 5. PHKYGANODES. 



Mas. Corpus gracile. Oculi globosi, maximi. Palpi as- 

 cendentes, breves, graciles, arcuati; articulus 3us conicus, minimus. 

 Antennae graciles, subpubescentes. Abdomen basi conicum, medio 

 arctatum, apicem versus attenuatum. Pedes graciles, glabri. Alae 

 anticae angustae, lanceolatae, venis flexuosis, areola subobsoleta ; 

 posticae latag, breves, margine exteriore undulato, vena submediana 

 contorta spatio hyalino vesiculoso inclusa. 



Pbryganodes, Guen. Delt. et PyraL 353. 



Male. Body slender. Eyes prominent, very large. Palpi 

 ascending, short, slender, curved, applied to the front; third joint 

 conical, very small. Antennae slender, moderately long, minutely 

 pubescent. Abdomen conical towards the base, straightened in the 

 middle, beyond which it is attenuated and ends in a truncate point. 

 Legs slender, smooth ; spurs very long. Fore wings narrow, lan- 

 ceolate ; veins flexuous ; areolet almost obsolete. Hind wings 

 broad, short; exterior border undulating; submedian vein con- 

 torted ; space about it hyaline, vesiculous. 



This genus, as Guenee remarks, resembles the Trichoptera, 

 and should be placed next to that tribe, which is supposed to 

 be Lepidopterous. 



1. Phryganodes plicatalis. 



Mas. Cinerea, subtus alba ; abdomen alas posticas longe su- 

 perans ; ala semihyalina, iridescentes ; anticce costa nigri- 

 cante ; postica spatio discali hyalino vesiculoso. 



Phryganodes plicatalis, Guen. Delt. et PyraL 354, 422. 



Cayenne. 



a. Para. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



