1086 CATALOGUE OF 



Genus 67. LAGELA. 



Corpus robuslum. Proboscis non conspicua. Palpi porrecti, 

 vix arcuati, caput non superantes ; articulus 3us minutus, conicus. 

 Antennae thorace paullo longiores. Abdomen alas posticas vix su- 

 perans. Pedes graciles, longe pilosi ; tarsi longi ; tibiae posticae cal- 

 caribus quatuor apicalibus sat longis. Mas. — Antennas medioeriter 

 pectinatae. Fcem. — Antennas vix pectinatae. 



Body stout, with short hairs. Proboscis very short or obsolete. 

 Palpi porrect, hardly curved, moderately long, not extending 

 beyond the head ; first joint very short; second long; third minute, 

 conical. Antennas a little longer than the thorax. Abdomen ex- 

 tending very little beyond the hind wings. Legs slender; femora 

 and tibiae with long hairs ; tarsi long ; hind tibiae with four mode- 

 rately long apical spurs. Male. — Antennae moderately pectinated. 

 Female. — Antennas very minutely pectinated. 



1. Lagela fulva. 



Ferrugineo-fulva, suhtus pallidior ; caput , thorax pedesque poste- 

 rior^ albido varia ,• alee antica fasciis duabus obliquis angu- 

 losis rufescentibus. 



Ferruginous-tawny, paler beneath. Thorax at the base of each 

 fore wing and the greater part of the head whitish. Antennae tes- 

 taceous. Abdomen testaceous beneath. Posterior femora and tibiae 

 with whitish hairs. Fore wings with two oblique zigzag reddish 

 bands, the inner one not extending to the borders, the other joining 

 the costa near the tip of the latter. Length of the body 7 — 8 lines ; 

 of the wings 16 — 21 lines. 



Eio Janeiro. In Mr. Fry's collection. 



2. Lagela curvivitta. 



Mas. Fulva, subtus pallidior ; caput albido varium ; alee anticce 

 fasciis duabus arcuatis albido -testaceis intus fusco marginatis. 



Male. Tawny, paler beneath. Head whitish, tawny about the 

 antennae and between them. Antennae testaceous. Fore wings 

 with two curved whitish testaceous bands, more or less bordered with 

 brown on the inner side, not parallel to each other, the inner one 

 extending from the base to the tip of the costa, the other along the 

 exterior border. Hind wings paler. Length of the body 1\ lines ; 

 of the wings 16 lines. 



Var. p. Inner band of the fore wings forked in front, the 

 space between it and the costa wholly brown. 



Rio Janeiro* In Mr. Fry's collection. 



