﻿1664 CATALOGUE OF 



cylindricum, vix pilosum, alas posticas longe superans ; fasciculus 

 apicalis longissimus, acuminatus. Pedes sat valid! ; aiitici densis- 

 sime fasciculati ; posteriores pilis arete applicatis. AIbd anticae 

 angustae, apud costam reclse, apice acutee, margine exteriore sub- 

 convexo perobliquo. 



Male, Body ratlier slender. Proboscis short. Palpi porrect, 

 moderately stout, extending some distance beyond the head ; third 

 joint linear, much more slender than the second, and more than 

 one-fourth of its length. Antennae setaceous, very minutely setose, 

 much more than half the length of the body. Abdomen long, 

 cylindrical, hardly pilose, extending far beyond the hind wings ; 

 apical tuft acuminated, very long. Legs rather stout; fore legs 

 densely tufted ; posterior legs with closely applied hairs. Fore 

 wings narrow, straight along the costa, acute at the tips; exterior 

 border slightly convex and extremely oblique. 



1. PiTARA SUBCOSTA. 



Mas. Testacea ; abdomen pallidum ; alee anticce apud margines 

 subcinerea, apice subnigricantes, punctis duobus costalibus 

 basalibus nigris, vitta subcostali alba postice nigro marginata 

 extus diffusa cinereoque marginata^ costa subtus nigra; 

 posticce albcB, apud marginem exteriorem subtestacece. 



Male, Testaceous. Abdomen and under side paler. Fore 

 wings with somewhat grayish borders ; two black points by the costa 

 near the base ; a white subcostal stripe, bordered with black on the 

 hind side, diffuse towards the tip of the wing, where it is bordered 

 with cinereous hindward; tips blackish ; costa black beneath. Hind 

 wings white, slightly testaceous along the exterior border. Length 

 of the body 7 lines ; of the wings 14 lines. 



a, Ega. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



Genus HEOETA. 



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Foem, Corpus vix robustum. Fasciculus frontalis con- 

 spicuus. Proboscis brevis. Palpi breves, porrecti, caput vix 

 superantes; articulus 3us minimus. Antennae nudse, sat validse, 

 corporis dimidio breviores. Abdomen longissimum, alas posticas 

 dimidio fere superans. Pedes sal validi, subpilosi ; tibiae poslicae 

 calcaribus longis. Alae sat angustae ; anticae apice subrotundatae, 



