1482 CATALOGUE OF 



Genus 24. LAORA. 



Mas. Corpus robustum, pilis longis dense vestitum. Palpi 

 brevissimi, pilosissimi. Antennas latissime peetinatae, corporis di- 

 midio longiores. Abdomen alas posticas non superans. Pedes sat 

 validi ; tibiae posticae calearibus duobus minutis apicalibus. Alae 

 lata, subhyalinae. 



Male. Body stout, thickly clothed with long hairs. Palpi 

 very short and pilose. Antennae very deeply pectinated, more than 

 half the length of the body. Abdomen not extending beyond the 

 hind wings. Legs moderately stout ; hind tibiae with two minute 

 apical spurs. Wings broad, slightly hyaline ; ciliae rather darker in 

 the veins. Fore wings with the second inferior vein nearer to the 

 first than to the third ; third more than twice further from the 

 fourth than from the second. 



This genus is perhaps allied to the Liparida. 



1. Laora antennata. 



Mas. Obscure fusca, subtus pallidior ; alarum cilia?, pallide 

 fusca, apud venas obscuriores ; posticm albido-cinerea, fusco 

 marginals. 



Male. Dark brown, rather paler beneath. Ciliae of the wings 

 pale brown, darker in a line with the veins. Hind wings whitish 

 gray, with brown borders, more hyaline than the fore wings. Length 

 of the body 5 lines ; of the wiugs 14 lines. 



a. Santa Fe de Bogota. From Mr. Isaacson's collection. 



Genus 25. CALLIA. 



Mas. Corpus validum, pilosum, breviusculum. Proboscis 

 brevissima. Palpi mediocriter longi ; articulus 2us lo multo lon- 

 gior ; 3us minimus. Abdomen alas posticas non superans. Pedes 

 graciles, pilosi ; tibiae posticae calearibus apicalibus. Alae lata?, non 

 longae. Mas. — Palpi pilosissimi. Antennae late pectinatae, longius- 

 culae. Abdomen obconicum. Fcem. — Palpi mediocriter pilosi. 

 Antennae subpectinatae, breviusculae. Abdomen lineare, valde 

 incrassatum. 



Body stout, very hairy, rather short. Proboscis very short 

 Palpi of moderate length ; second joint much longer than the first ; 

 third joint very small. Abdomen extending as far as the hind 



