﻿1230 CATALOGUE OF 



Genus 2. GRAPHIGONA. 



Corpus robustum. Proboscis longiuscula. Palpi longi, com- 

 pressi, suberecti, caput longe superantes ; articulus 3us 2o brevior, 

 basi usque ad apicem decrescens, apice truncatus. AntenuaB sim- 

 plices, graciles, corporis dimidio longiores. Abdomen lauceolatum, 

 alas posticas non aut vix superans. Pedes validi, longi ; tibiae pos- 

 ticae calcaribus longis. Alae amplae ; anticaB costae apicem versus 

 subconvexae, apice angulatae, margine exteriore recto. 



Graphigona, MSS, 



Body stout. Proboscis rather long. Palpi long, compressed, 

 almost vertical, ascending much above tbe head ; third joint shorter 

 than the second, slightly tapering from the base to the tip, which is 

 truncated. Antennae simple, slender, rather more than half the 

 length of the body. Abdomen lanceolate, not or hardly extending 

 beyond the hind wings. Legs stout, long ; hind tibiae with long 

 spurs. Wings ample. Fore wings slightly convex towards the tip 

 of ihe costa, angular at the tips, quite straight and moderately 

 oblique along the exterior border ; interior angle well-defined ; ciliae 

 short. 



1. Graphigona eegina. 



Ferrugineo'fusca ; abdomen luteum ; al(JB anticcB lituris minutis 

 transversis albidisj plaga discali rufescente ; posticce pallide 

 lutecB, margine lato fusco, 



Ophideres regina, Guen, Noct, iii. 118, 1491. 



Colombia. 



a. Brazil. From M. Beclter's collection. 



b, Brazil. From Mr. Stevens' collection. 



2. Graphigona gubernatrix. 



Ferrugineo-fusca ; abdomen luteum; alee anticce lineis transversis 

 paucis flexis obscuris^ macula discali exteriore suhguadrata 

 nivea, margine exteriore cinereo ; posticcB lutece^ nigra margi- 

 natce. 



Ophideres gubernatrix, Guen, Nod. iii. 118, 1492. 



a, Brazil. From M. Becker's collection. 



b, Rio Janeiro. From Mr. Stevens' collection. 



c, Santarera. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



