﻿1610 CATALOGUE OF 



3us linearis, gracillimus, 2o longior. Antennae longae, graciles, 

 subsetosse. Thoracis tegulse breves. Abdomen longum, sublanceo- 

 latum, alas posticas vix superans. Pedes longissirai, gracillimi, vix 

 pilosi ; tibiae posticae calcaribus longis. Alae amplae ; anlicse apud 

 costam subconvexae, apice subrectangulatae, margine exteriore 

 obliquo subconvexo. 



Dialithis, Hubn. Verz. Schmett. 255, 2519. Guen. Noct. iii, 380. 



Body slender, very slightly pilose. Proboscis rather long. 

 Palpi slender, ascending, very long; second joint straight, slightly 

 pilose ; third linear, very slender, rather longer than the second. 

 Antennae long, slender, minutely setose. Thorax with short teofulae. 

 Abdomen long, somewhat lanceolate, hardly extending beyond the 

 hind wings. Legs very long and slender, hardly pilose; hind tibiae 

 with long spurs. Wings ample. Fore wings slightly convex along 

 the costa, almost rectangular at the tips ; exterior border slightly 

 convex, moderately oblique. 



1. Dialithis gemmifera. 



Cinerascens ; alcB lineis plurimis undulaiis et denticulatis fuscis ; 

 anticcB orbiculari e gutta fusca, reniformi maxima; posticce 

 gulta postica atra cyaneo signata. 



Dialithis gemmifera (Noctua semigeometra, Anthophila propria), 

 Hubn. Samml. Exot. Schmett, ii. 30, 189, f. 377, 378. 

 Guen. iVocf. iii. 380, 1871. 



Colombia. Amazon Eegion. 



a, St. Domingo. From Mr. Tweedie's collection. 

 5. Brazil. From Mr. Argent's collection. 



Genus 24. CTYPANSA. 



Mas. Corpus sat gracile. Fasciculus frontalis trigonus, por- 

 rectus. Proboscis brevis. Palpi bicolores, longi, sat validi ; arti- 

 culus 2us pilosus ; 3us linearis, gracilis, apice rotundatus, 2i dimidio ; 

 non longior. Antennee longissimae, gracillimee, crenulato-ciliatae,| 

 subserratae, corpore non breviores. Abdomen longura, attenuatum, * 

 apice fasciculatum, alas posticas paullo superans. Pedes longi, 

 graciles ; tarsi longissimi ; femora tibiaeque antica pilosissima. Alae 



