﻿1640 CATALOGUE OF 



extending beyond the hind wings. Legs stout, moderately long, 

 slightly pilose ; hind tibiae with very long spurs. Fore wings some- 

 what oblong, rectangular at the tips ; exterior border hardly convex, 

 very oblique. 



1. Edyma significans. 



Mas. JRufescente-cervina; palpi nigri; articulus 2us testaceus, 

 supra et apice niger ; antenna nigrce ; alee nigro suhconspersce^ 

 lineis nigricantihus undulatis aut angulosis valde indistinctis, 

 punctis suhmarginalibus etmarginalibusnigris,illis elongaiis, 

 fimbria fusca ; anticce orbiculari rotunda subcinerea nigro 

 rnarginata, reniforrni magna pallidiore nigro submarginata^ 

 macidis apud marginem interiorem duabus atris ; posticce 

 macula nigra apud marginem interiorem, 



Male. Eeddish fawn-colour. Body testaceous beneath. 

 Palpi black ; second joint testaceous, black above and at the tip. 

 Antennae black. Wings very minutely speckled with black; lines 

 blackish, undulating or zigzag, very slight and indistinct; sub- 

 marginal and marginal points black, the latter more distinct than 

 the former, which are elongated ; ciliaB brown, except at the base. 

 Fore wings with the orbicular mark round, slightly cinereous, with 

 a black border; reniform large, rather paler than the ground-colour, 

 incompletely bordered with black; two deep black spots on the 

 interior border. Hind wings with one black spot by the interior 

 border. Wings beneath pale luteous, with two very incomplete 

 lines formed by white black-bordered dots. Length of the body 

 7 lines; of the wings 18 lines. 



Brazil, In Mr. Saunders' collection. 



Genus 37. CHADACA. 



Fcem» Corpus sat robustum. Fasciculus frontalis prominens, 

 non acutus. Proboscis brevis. Palpi porrecti, subflexi, sat validi ; 

 articulus 2us supra convexus ; 8us securiformis, pilosus, 2i dimidio 

 brevior. Antennae corporis dimidio paullo longiores, setis minimis. 

 Abdomen sublanceolatum, alas posticas sat superans. Pedes 

 pilosi, sat validi ; tibiae posticae calcaribus longissimis. Alae latius- 

 culae ; anlicae acutae, subfalcatae, costa recta, margine exteriore sub- 

 convexo vix obliquo. 



Female. Body moderately stout. Frontal tuft prominent, 



