1130 CATALOGUE OF 



Abdomen alas posticas non superans. Pedes validi, ciliati. Alae 

 sat latse ; anticae apud costam vix convexae, apice rotundatae, mar- 

 gine exteriore obliquo, angulo interiore votundato. 



Male. Body stout. Proboscis not visible. Palpi stout, por- 

 rect, extending very little beyond the head ; third joint minute, co- 

 nical. Antennas simple, very nearly setiform, a little longer than 

 the thorax. Abdomen extending as far as the hind wings. Legs 

 stout, ciliated. Wings moderately broad. Fore wings hardly eon- 

 vex along the costa, rounded at the tips, oblique along the exterior 

 border; interior angle rounded; first and second inferior veins 

 nearly contiguous at the base ; third much further from the fourth 

 than from the second. 



1. Metkaga peeplexa. 



Mas. Nigro-fusca, subtus fusca ; thorax postice fuscus ; abdomen 

 fuscum ; pedes antici nigro-fusci. 



Male. Blackish brown. Hind part of the thorax, abdomen 

 and under side brown. Fore part of the pectus and fore legs black- 

 ish brown. Length of the body 5 lines ; of the wings 14 lines. 



a. Venezuela. From Mr. Dyson's collection. 



Genus 22. SEMYRA. 



Mas. Corpus robustuin. Proboscis non conspicua. Palpi 

 validi, pilosi, longiusculi, oblique ascendenies, caput superantes ; 

 articulus 3us conicus, brevis. Antennae mediocriter pectinatae, basi 

 subpeetinatne, thorace paullo longiores. Abdomen alas posticas vix 

 superans. Pedes pilosi, sat validi ; tibiae posticae calcaribus duobus 

 minutis apicalibus. Alas breviuscnlae, sat latae ; anticae apud costam 

 recta?, apice rotundatae, margine exteriore sat obliquo. 



Male. Body stout. Proboscis not visible. Palpi rather long, 

 stout, pilose, obliquely ascending, extending beyond the head ; third 

 joint conical, not one-fourth of the length of the second. Antennae 

 moderately pectinated, very slightly pectinated towards the base, a 

 little longer than the thorax. Abdomen extending full as far as the 

 hind wings. Legs rather stout and pilose ; hind tibiae with minute 

 apical spurs. Wings rather short, moderately broad. Fore wings 

 straight along the costa, rounded at the tips, rather oblique along 

 the exterior border; interior angle rounded; inferior veins nearly 

 equidistant from each other. 



