1018 CATALOGUE OF 



1. Xeniara SOBEIA. 





Mas. Pallide fusca ; alee anticce fasciis obliquis undulosis diffu- 

 sis albidis, macula discali transversa obscure fusca ; posticcc 

 apud costam albido conspersce. 



Male. Pale brown. Fore wings with whitish flecks, which 

 form oblique undulating diffuse bands ; a dark brown transverse 

 discal spot. -Hind wings with whitish flecks along the costa. 

 Length of the body 6 lines ; of the wings 16 lines. 



a. Kio Janeiro. From Mr. Stevens' collection. 



Genus 19. ANODONTA. 



Corpus robustum. Proboscis non conspicua. Palpi graciles, 

 longiusculi, porrecti, caput superantes; articulus 3us 2i dimidio 

 longior. Antennae thorace paullo longiores. Abdomen alas pos- 

 ticas superans. Pedes validi ; tibiae late ciliatae, posticas calcaribus 

 quatuor sat longis. Alae sat longae et angustae ; anticae longi- 

 fusiformes, apud costam vix convexae, apice subacuminatae, margine 

 exteriore perobliquo, anteriore subexcavato. Mas. — Antennae sub- 

 pectinatae. Abdomen longius. Fcem. — Antennae simplices. Ab- 

 domen brevius. 



Anodonta, Boisd. ; Herr.-Schceff. Lep. Exot. Sp. Ser. i. 



Body stout. Proboscis not apparent. Palpi slender, rather 

 long, porrect, extending some distance beyond the head ; third 

 joint linear, more than half the length of the second. Antennae a 

 little longer than the thorax. Legs stout ; tibiae deeply ciliated ; 

 hind tibiae with four moderately long spurs. Wings rather 

 long and narrow. Fore wings elongate-fusiform, hardly con- 

 vex in front, slightly acuminated at the tips, extremely oblique 

 aloiitf the exterior border; interior border slightly excavated; discal 

 areolet intersected by a secondary vein ; three inferior veins ; first 

 and second contiguous at the base ; third rather remote. Male. — 

 Antennae slightly peciinated. Abdomen extending for one-third of 

 its length beyond the hind wings. Female. — Antennae simple. 

 Abdomen extending for one-fourth of its length beyond the hind 

 wings. 



1. Anodonta combusta. 



Mas et foem. Cervina ; thorax fusco fasciatus et vittatus ; alee t 

 anticce striga basali margineque intersecto fuscis, posticce apud 

 unguium interior em fascescentes testaceo signatce. 







