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brown, aud with three slender black bands; the first band more 

 regular than the second and third, which are double; the second 

 zigzag ; the third with fewer angles ; a row of black lunules along 

 the exterior border, and a black subapical spot. Hind wings brown, 

 with a whitish fringe, paler and with brown marks beneath. 

 Length of the body 5j lines ; of the wings 11 lines. 



a — e. Honduras. From Mr. Miller's collection. 



Genus 27. MOSARA. 



Corpus sat gracile. Proboscis capitis latitudine aequalis. 

 Palpi longi, validi, porrecti, subtus pilosi, caput superantes ; articu- 

 lus 3us longiconicus, parvus. Antennae corporis dimidio longiores. 

 Pedes sat graciles ; tibise posticae calcaribus quatuor longissimis. 

 Alee sat angustae ; anticae apud costam rectae, apice rotundata?, mar- 

 gine exteriore obliquo. Mas. — Antennae mediocriter pectinatae, 

 apices versus nudae. Abdomen attenuatum, alas posticas triente 

 superans. Foem.— Antennae simplices. Abdomen alas posticas vix 

 superans. 



Resembles some of the Pyralites. Body ratlier slender. Pro- 

 boscis distinct, as long as the breadth of the head. Palpi long, 

 stout, porrect, pilose beneath, projecting some distance beyond the 

 head ; third joint small, elongate-conical. Antennae more than 

 half the length of the body. Legs rather slender, hind tibiae with 

 four very long spurs. Wings rather narrow. Fore wings straight 

 along the costa, rounded at the tips, oblique along the exterior bor- 

 der; interior angle rounded ; discal areolet intersected by a secon- 

 dary vein ; first and second inferior veins nearly contiguous ; third 

 much further from the fourth than from the second. Male. — 

 Antennae moderately pectinated to two-thirds of the length. Abdo- 

 men tapering, extending for one-third of its length beyond the hind 

 wings. Female. — Antennae simple. Abdomen extending very little 

 beyond the hind wings. 



1. MOSARA APICALIS. 



Mas. Testacea ; caput, palpi et thorax antice ferrugineo-fusca ; 

 abdomen maculis lateralibus apiceque fuseis ,• alee anticce 

 obscure fits cce, strigis paucis transversis rufescentibus et nigri- 

 cantibus fasciaque gracili angulosa ramosa sabapicali nigri- 

 cante testaceo marginata ; posticce pallide fuscce, basi albido- 

 testacece. 



