1502 CATALOGUE OF 



which is submarginal. Hind wings with one band, corresponding 

 to the inner one of the fore wings. Length of the body 8 lines ; of 

 the wings 18 lines. 



Rio Janeiro. Tn Mr. Fry's collection. 



Genus 35. SUANA. 



Mas et fcem. Corpus crassum. Proboscis non conspicua. 

 Palpi porrecti, capite plus duplo longiores ; articulus 3us lanceola- 

 tus, 2i longitudine. Antenna? serratae, thorace breviores. Abdomen 

 subfusiforme, alas posticas fere dimidio superans. Pedes validi, 

 pilosi ; tibiae posticae calcaribus duobus apicalibus minimis. Alae 

 longae, angustae ; anticae acuminatae, antice convexae, margine ex- 

 teriore perobliquo subrecto. Mas. — Abdomen gracilius. Ala? 

 latiores. Fcem.— Abdomen magis incrassatum. Alae angustiores. 



Male and female. Body thick. Proboscis not visible. Palpi 

 porrect, more than twice the length of the head ; second joint 

 longer than the first ; third lanceolate, as long as the second. An- 

 tennae simple, shorter than the thorax. Abdomen subfusiform, ex- 

 tending for nearly half its length beyond the hind wings. Legs j 

 stout, pilose; hind tibiae with two very minute apical spurs. Wings 

 long and narrow. Fore wings acuminated, convex in front, nearly 

 straight and extremely oblique along the exterior border ; second 

 inferior vein about twice further from the third than from the first ; 

 third very much further from the fourth than from the second. 

 Male. — Abdomen more slender and wings broader than in the 

 female. 



1. SUANA AMPLA. 



Mas et foem. Ferruginea ; palpi ex parte antennceque cinerea ; 

 alee anticm fasciis nonnullis angustis obliquis undulosis fus- 

 cescentihus maculaque basali albida; postica paullo palli- 

 diores, fascia subtus subobsoleta obscuriore. Mas. — Ala 

 antica? macula parva discali alba. 



Male and female. Ferruginous. Palpi partly cinereous. An- 

 tennae cinereous. Fore wings with several narrow oblique undula- 

 ting brownish bands ; a whitish spot at the base ; under side without 

 bands, with the exception of a broad one along the exterior border. 

 Hind wings a little paler than the fore wings ; under side with a 

 single indistinct straight very oblique band across the disk. Male. 

 — Fore wings with a small transverse white discal spot. Length of 

 the body 18 lines ; of the wings 46 lines. 



