﻿1634 CATALOGUE OF 



marks brown, tlie former represented by a dot, the latter very Harrow 

 and containing two glaucous-white lines. Hind wings paler than 

 the fore wings; the exterior line interlined with glaucous-white. 

 Wings beneath with the lines obsolete, except the exterior one, 

 which in the fore wings is shaded with brown along the outer side. 

 Length of the body 7 lines ; of the wings 18 lines. 



a. Brazil. From Mr. Mornay's collection. 



Genus 31. TALARIGA. 



Mas. Corpus sat validum. Fasciculus frontalis non por- 

 rectus. Proboscis brevis. Palpi sat validi, oblique asceudentes ; 

 articulus 2us pilosus; 3us linearis, 2i dimidio brevior. Antennae 

 validae, subcrenulatse, corporis dimidio paullo longiores. Abdomen 

 subcylindricum, alas posticas non superans, lateribus apicem versus 

 bifasciculatis ; fasciculus apicalis parvus. Pedes sat validi, 

 femoribus tibiisque pilosis. Alse latiuscalae, andcae apnd costam 

 rectse, apice rectangulatae, margine exteriore perparum obliquo vix 

 convexo. 



Male. Body somewhat stout. Frontal tuft not prominent. 

 Proboscis short. Palpi rather stout, obliquely ascending ; second 

 joint pilose; third linear, less than half the length of the second. 

 Antennae rather stout, minutely crenulated, a little more than half 

 the length of the body. Abdomen nearly cylindrical, not extending 

 beyond the hind wings, with two little tufts on each side towards 

 the tip; apical tuft small. Legs rather stout; femora and tibiae 

 somewhat pilose. Wings rather broad. Fore wings straight along 

 the costa, rectangular at the tips; exterior border hardly convex, 

 very slightly oblique. 



1. Talariga capacior. 



Mas. Testacea^ siibtus lutea ; caput et thorax anticus sublutea ; 

 abdomen pilis nonnullis apicalibus flavescente-albis ; alee 

 lineis denticulatis et undulatis nebulisque ferrugineis^ fimbria 

 fusca strigis iransversis apicalibus pallide testaceis ; anticce 

 basi et apud costam interiorem subpurpurascentes, orbieulari 

 et reniformi punctoque posteriore opalino-albis ferrugineo 

 marginatis, orbieulari e gutta rotunda, reniformi subrotunda 

 puncta dua ferruginea includente. 



