﻿1502 CATALOGUE OF 



8. Ephyiiodes UK miss a. I 



FoDiTi. Vidlidc cinvrea^ ni()ro conspersa^ suhtus sordide lutescens ; • 

 cajmt ct thorax antivns vinnco-fusca ; palporum articulns '6us 

 linearis^ 21 dimidio non ionifior ; aUc linea exleriore albida 

 undulata intus iiu/ricanta apiid costam relracta et am/ulum 

 acuhun fin()('nU\ linea svbincm/inali albida recta conspicua 

 intus fuseo inunjinata^ punctis aubmarginalibus nigris^ linea 

 mar()inaii testavea et tiiifra ; anfuue snbfalcata;, linea interiore 

 albida antiee abbreviata, exfus niyro niar(/inata, iitura apicali 

 nigra ^ orbiculari subobsoleta, renifornii niyricante non 

 magna. 



Female. l*ale ciiievcous, miinilely speckled with black, dingy 

 pale lutcous beneath. Head and lore part of the thorax cinereous- 

 brown. 'J'hird joint of the palpi linear, about ball' the len<i^th of the 

 second. Win<;s with the exterior line whitish, irreoularly undu- 

 lating;', bordered with blackish on the inner side, retracted and 

 ibrniinjj^ an acute augle towards the costa of the fore wings; sub- 

 marginal line whitish, straight, conspicuous, bordered with brown 

 on the inner side; subniarginal ])oints black; marginal festoon 

 testaceous and black. Fore win«»s sublalcate; interior line whitish, 

 shortened in front, bordered with black on the outer side; a black 

 apical mark; orbicular niark almost obsolete; reniform blackish,! 

 rather small. Length of the body (> lines ; of the wings 14 lines. 



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



Genus 16. DAGASSA. 



Fwm. Corpus sat validum. Proboscis brevis. Palpi porrecti ;i 

 articulns 3us linearis, a pice rotnndatus, 2i dimidio non longior.f 

 Antennie subniid;e, breviusculie, corporis dimidio longiores. Ahdo- 

 men conicum, alas posticas non superans. Pedes j^raciles, vix 

 pilosi ; tibiae posticoe ealcaribus longis. Ahe sal angnsta^ ; anticue 

 apud costam recta?, apice rectangulala*, margine exleriore postico 

 valde obliquo ; posticas margine exleriore subangulalo. 



Female. Body moderately stout. Proboscis short. Palpi 

 porrect ; third joint linear, rounded at the tip, about half the length 

 of the second. Antennic almost bare, ralher short, more than half 

 the length of the body. Abdomen conical, not extending beyond 

 the bind wings. Legs slender, hardly pilose ; hind tibia) with long 



