﻿1814 CATALOGUE OF 



Genus STIBiENA. 



Feem, Corpus robustum. Proboscis breviuscula. Palpi as- 

 cendentes, subpilosi; articulus 2us subarcuatus, 2i dimidio pauUo 

 brevior. Antennae validae, simplices, corporis dimidio longiores. 

 Abdomen conicura, basi cristatura, alas posticas triente superans. 

 Pedes sat graciles, subpilosi ; tibiae posticae calcaribus longissimis. 

 Alae breviusculae, sat angustae; anticae apud costam rectae, apice 

 rotundatae, margine exteriore sat obliquo perparum convexo ; pos- 

 ticae semihyalinae. 



Female. Body stout. Proboscis ratber sbort. Palpi as- 

 cending, slightly pilose; second joint very slightly carved, a little 

 less than half the length of the second. Antennae stout, simple, 

 more than half the length of the body. Abdomen conical, crested 

 at the base, extending for one-third of its length beyond the hind 

 wings. Legs rather slender, slightly pilose ; hind tibiae with very 

 long spurs. Wings rather short and narrow. Fore wings straight 

 along the costa, rounded at the tips, rather oblique and very slightly 

 convex along the exterior border. Hind wings semihyaline, ex- 

 cepting the border. 



1. Stib.ena hostilis. 



Foem. Pallide cinerea; palpi nigricantes, apice alhidi; thorax 

 fusco conspersus ; abdomen cristis nigricantibus ; alee anticee 

 fusco conspersce, fascia nigra lata recta non obliqua intus albo 

 marginata extus subundulata, lineis fuscescentibus undulaiis 

 valde indistinctis ; posticce albce, semihyalinae, margine lato 

 fusco. 



Female, Pale cinereous. Palpi blackish ; third joint whitish. 

 Thorax and fore wings speckled with brown. Abdomen with 

 blackish crests. Fore wings with a broad straight upright black 

 band, which is sli«htly undulating on its outer side, and is bordered 

 with while on its inner side; lines brownish, undulating, very indis- 

 tinct; submarginal lunules brown, bordered with white on tbe inner 

 side. Hind wings iridescent, white, semihyaline, with broad 

 brown borders ; submarginal lunules as in the fore wings. Length 

 of the body 6k lines ; of the wings 12 lines. 



Para. In Mr. Saunders' collection. 



