﻿1842 CATALOGUE OF 



Male. Testaceous. Thorax deep black in front. Win^s 

 mostly cinereous beneath. Fore wings with a slight rosy tint 

 between the base and the exterior band ; the latter is ferruginous, 

 straijj:ht, oblique, very distinct, irregularly bordered with blackish ; 

 interior line ferruginous, slight, zigzag, obsolete towards the inte- 

 rior border ; submarginal line blackish, irregular, indistinct, incom- 

 plete ; marginal points black; reniform mark blackish, irregular, 

 excavated on the outer side. Hind wings brownish cinereous; 

 fringe testaceous. Length of the body Q\ lines ; of the wings f 

 14 lines. 



a. Ega. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



Genus EISTKA. 



Fcem. Corpus vix robustuni. Proboscis raediocris. Palpi 

 compressi, erecti, subarcuati; articulus 3us lanceolatus, 2i dimidio 

 non longior. Antennae simplices, corporis dimidio longiores. Ab- 

 domen lanceolatum, alas posticas paullo superans. Pedi nudi ; 

 tibiae posticae calcaribus longissimis. Alae mediocres ; anticas apu4 | 

 costam rectae, apice acutae, margine exteriore recto vix obliquo. -* | 



Female, Body hardly stout. Proboscis moderately long. 

 Palpi compressed, vertical, slightly curved ; third joint lanceolate, 

 about half the length of the second. Antennae simple, a little more 

 than half the length of the body. Abdomen lanceolate, extending 

 a little beyond the hind Vvings. Legs bare ; hind tibiae with very 

 long spurs. Wings moderately broad. Fore wings straight along 

 the costa, acute and rectangular at the tips, straight and hardly 

 oblique along the exterior border. 



1. RiSTRA TORTUOSA. 



Foem. Cervina ; ala fimbria hrevi alhida ; antias lineis cinereii 

 toriuosis indistinctis albido suhmarginatis ; posticce ceneo-. 

 cinerece. 



Female. Fawn-colour, pale cinereous beneath. Wings with 

 a short whitish fringe. Fore wings with the lines cinereous, slen- 

 der, tortuous, indistinct, slightly and incompletely bordered with 

 whitish. Hind wings leneous-cinereous. Length of the body 

 5J lines; of the wings 12 lines. 



a. Honduras. From Mr. Dyson's collection. 



