966 CATALOGUE OF 



1. Labedera HIRTIPES. 



Mas. Nigra ; antenna lutece ; alee nigricantes, anticce costa basi- 

 que, posticce dimidio interiore obscurioribus. 



Male. Black. Antennae luteous. Wings blackish. Fore 

 wings darkest along the costa and towards the base. Hind wings 

 darkest on nearly half the breadth from the interior border. Length 

 of the body 7 lines ; of the wings 15 lines. 



a. Brazil. From Mr. Stevens' collection. 



Genus 14. PEKINA. 



Mas. Corpus robustum, pilosum. Palpi obsoleti ? Antennae 

 thorace longiores, latissime pectinatae, apice simplices. Abdomen 

 alas posticas non superans, subpilosum, apice subfasciculatum. 

 Pedes sat graciles; femora et tibiae pilosa; tibiae posticae calcaribus 

 nullis. Alae ex parte limpidae; anticae sat longae et angustae, apud 

 costain fere rectae, apice vix acuminata?, margine exteriore per- 

 obliquo; posticae latiusculae, subtruncatas. 



Male. Body stout, pilose. Palpi obsolete? Antennae rather 

 longer than the thorax, very deeply pectinated to two-thirds of the 

 length, where the branches become considerably shorter, simple to- 

 wards the tips. Abdomen not extending beyond the hind wings, 

 thinly pilose, slightly tufted at the tip. Legs rather slender ; 

 femora and tibiae pilose; hind tibiae without spurs. Wings partly 

 bare and vitreous. Fore wings rather long and narrow, almost 

 straight along the costa, hardly acuminated at the tips, extremely 

 oblique along the exterior border, which forms a continuous curve 

 with the interior border; subcostal vein emitting two branches; two 

 superior veins, second short; vein intersecting the discal very indis- 

 tinct, appearing only as a fold ; first and second inferior veins 

 united and appearing as one at the base; third full thrice further 

 from the fourth than from the second ; submedian vein obsolete ; 

 internal vein distinct. Hind wings rather broad, somewhat trun- 

 cated, about half the length of the fore wings. 



1 . Perina basalis. 



Mas. Alba; caput, thoracis fascia, pectus anticefemoraque lutea ; 

 abdomen apice luteo fasciculatum ; alee anticce limpidce basi 

 fuscce aut albce, posticce fuscce aut albce apice limpidce. 





