﻿1086 CATALOGUE OF 



1. Lepidodes LIMBULATA. 



Fusca ; palpi^ prothorax et pectus aurato-ftisca ; thorax et dbdo^ 

 minis cristce squamis viridescente-sulphureis ; alee sericecB, ex 

 parte aurat(B, margine sat angusto Jiavescente-alho lineisfuscis 

 diviso, maculis interioribus obscuris ; anticce disco fasciaque 

 Jlavescertte-albis, linea transversa valde sinuata, reniformi e 

 lineolis auratis^ plaga apud angulum interiorem nigricante ; 

 posticcB lineolis apud angulum interiorem obscuris, 



Lepidodes limbulata, Guen, Noct, iii. 28, 1354. 



Colombia. 



Genus 7. PKAXIS. 



Corpus robustum. Proboscis mediocris. Palpi validi, oblique 

 ascendentes ; articulus 3us linearis, obtusus, 2i dimidio nou longior. 

 Thorax convexus, densissirae pilosus. Abdomen subcristatum, alas 

 poslicas non aut vix superans. Pedes sat ^raciles ; tibiae posticae 

 calcaribus vix longis. Alae mediocres, subdenticulatae ; anticae 

 apud costam rectae, apice subangulatae, margine exteriore sub- 

 convexo mediocriter obliquo. Mas. — Antennae crenulatae, corporis 

 dimidio non longiores. Fcem. — Antennae simplices, corporis dimidio 

 longiores. Abdomen crassum. 



Praxis, Guen. Noct. iii. 28. 



Body stout. Proboscis moderately long. Palpi stout, ob- 

 liquely ascending; third joint linear, obtuse, about half the length 

 of the second. Thorax convex, very densely clothed. Abdomen 

 slightly crested, not or hardly extending beyond the hind wings. 

 Legs rather slender; hind tibiae with moderately long spurs. 

 Wings moderately broad, slightly denticulate^}. Fore wings 

 straight along the costa, somewhat angular at the tips, moderately 

 oblique and slightly convex along the exterior border. Male. — 

 Antennae crenulated, not more than half thfe length of the body; 

 ciliae short. Female. — Antennae simple, more than half the length 

 of the body. Abdomen thick. 



