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reniform, the other two nearer the exterior border and parallel to each 

 other; marginal line black, interrupted by pale points. Hind 

 wings with two dark brown undulating bands. Length of the body 

 4 lines ; of the wings 12 lines. 



Rio Janeiro. In Mr. Fry's collection. 



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Genus CALATHUSA. 



Mas. Corpus gracile. Proboscis brevis. Palpi graciles, sub- 

 ascendentes ; articulus 2us pilis longis apicalibus; 3us linearis, 

 apice rotundatus, 2i dimidio brevior. Antennae setaceae, ciliis 

 longis, corporis dimidio valde lougiores. Abdomen lineare, alas 

 posticas superans, apicem versus conicum, vix fasciculatum. Pedes 

 giaciles, subnudi; tibiae posticae calcanbus longis. Alae mediocres ; 

 anticae apud coslam subcouvexae, apice acutae, lectangulatag, mar- 

 gine exteriore subflexo vix obliquo; postice apice subobtusae, 

 margine exteriore vix flexo. 



Male. — Body slender. Proboscis short. Palpi slender, slightly 

 ascending; second joint with long apical hairs; third linear, 

 rounded at the tip, rather less than half ihe length of the second. 

 Antennce setaceous, much more than half the length of the body, 

 with long cilise. Abdomen linear, extending rather beyond the 

 hind wings, conical towards the tip, which is hardly tufted. Legs 

 slender, almost bare ; hind til)iae with long spurs. Wings 

 moderately broad. Fore wings slightly convex along the costa ; 

 tips acuie, rectangular; exterior border slightly bent in the middle, 

 iiardly oblique. Hind wings somewhat obtuse at the tips ; exterior 

 border hardly bent. Female. — Antennae with very short ciliae. 



L Calathusa bastcunea. 



Mas. — Cinerea, subtus albida ; thorax virideseeiis, fascia tenui 

 nigra ; abdomen I'ufescens, basi albidum ; alee anticce subviri- 

 descenles^ litura basali nigra cuneiformi, lineis nigris undu- 

 lafis incompletis, lituris costalibiis nigris, linea submarginali 

 albida nigro guttata, punctis marginalibus nigris elongatis^ 

 orbiculari et reniformi indistinctis, costa subtus rufa ; 

 posticcB pallide fuscescente-cinerece, spalio apicali obscure 

 fusco subtus nigro. Fcem. — Pallidior abdomen testaceum. 



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