916 CATALOGUE OF 



late pectinatae. Abdomen alas posticas superans. Pedes graciles ; 

 tibiae posticae calcaribus minutis apicalibus. Alae longiusculae, 

 mediocriter lata?. 



Male. Body linear, cylindrical, rather long and slender. 

 Proboscis very short. Palpi rather long, slightly ascending; second 

 joint shorter than the first; third elongate-conical, much shorter 

 1 than the second. Antennae rather deeply pectinated. Abdomen 

 extending some little distance beyond the hind wings. Legs slen- 

 der; hind tibia? with minute apical spurs. Wings rather long, 

 moderately broad. Fore wings straight in front; discal fold indis- 

 tinct; first and second inferior veins nearly contiguous at the base ; 

 third much nearer to the second than to the fourth. Hind wings 

 slightly convex in front; their veins like those of the fore wings in 

 structure. 



1. GVABA FENESTRATE. 



Mas. Alba; caput nigro bifas datum ; palpi nigri, albo bifas- 

 ciati ; antenna nigra ; thorax vittis duabus antice connexis 

 pallide luteis ; abdomen supra albido testaceum ; pedes fusco 

 vittati ; alee limpidce, albo marginatce ; anticce costa lutea 

 fusco marginata, striga marginali pallide lutea, venis fuscis ; 

 posticce venis albis. 



Male. White. Head with a black band between the antennae 

 and auother in front. Proboscis ferruginous. Palpi black, white 

 at the base, and with two white bands. Antennae black, white 

 above. Thorax with two pale luteous stripes, which are connected 

 by a band on the hind border of the prothorax. Abdomen whitish 

 testaceous above. Legs with brown stripes. Wings limpid, with 

 white borders ; fore wings, with the costa, pale luteous, bordered 

 behind with brown ; an interrupted pale luteous streak along the 

 outer border and the inner border ; veins brown, white towards the 

 base. Hind wings with white veins. Length of the body 6 — 9 

 lines; of the wings 18 — 27 lines. 



a. Para. From Mr. Johnson's collection. 



b. Rio Janeiro. From Mr. Stevens' collection. 



Genus 67. APISA. 



Masetfcem. Corpus longiusculum, sat validum. Palpi por- 

 recti, longi, nudi, caput sat longe superantes; articulus 2us lo 

 multo longior; 3us lanceolatus, gracilis, 2i dimidio aequalis. Tho- 

 rax pilis longis dense hirtus. Abdomen alas posticas dimidio 



