g]0 CATALOGUE OF 



Genus 22. ANAXILA. 



Mas. Corpus sat gracile. Palpi validi, pilosi, porrecti, caput 

 paullo superantes; articulus 2us lo multo longior ; 3us minutus, 

 conicus. Antennae late pectinatae. Abdomen alas posticas non 

 superans. Pedes sat graciles ; tibia? posticae calcaribus quatuor 

 longis. Alae sat latae. 



Male. Body rather slender, clothed with short hairs. Palpi 

 stout, hairy, porrect, extending a little beyond the head ; second 

 joint much longer than the first; third minute, conical. Antennae 

 deeply pectinated. Abdomen extending as far as the hind wings. 

 Legs rather slender ; hind tibiae with four long spurs. Wings rather 

 broad. Fore wings with the first and second inferior veins near 

 together at the base ; third rather further from the second than the 

 second is from the first ; fourth about twice further from the third 

 than the third is from the second. 



1. Anaxila plagiata. 



Mas. Alba, fusco varia. 



Male. White. Palpi and antennae brown, the latter with 

 white tomentum. Thorax with a brown band in front. Fore legs 

 mostly brown. Fore wings with a brown spot at the base of 

 the costa, with a brown streak on the hinder part of the exterior 

 margin, and w T ith a very large subquadrate brown spot extending 

 from the costa to the discal areolet. Length of the body 4 lines ; 

 of the wings 10 lines. 



a. ? Presented by E. Doubleday, Esq. 



Genus 23. ARGILA. 



Mas. Corpus gracile. Palpi porrecti, pilosi, caput longe 

 superantes ; articulus 2us lo multo longior; 3us conicus, minimus. 

 Antennae latissime pectinatae. Abdomen alas posticas non superans. 

 Pedes graciles ; tibiae posticae calcaribus duobus apicalibus medio- 

 criter longis ? Alae lata?. 



Male. Body slender. Palpi porrect, hairy, extending much 

 beyond the head ; second joint much longer than the first; third 

 conical, very small. Antennae extremely deeply pectinated, rather 

 less than half the length of the body. Abdomen extending as far 



