278 CATALOGUE OF 



26. Pebigea antica. 

 Mas. Rufescens ; thorax antice nigricans; abdomen obscure 

 cinereum; alee anticce ferruginece, lineis transversis fuscis 

 undulatis indistinctis, costa lituris pallidioribus et nigricanti- 

 bus, lunulis marginalibus nigris, orbiculari obsoleta ; reni- 

 formi nigricante pallido marginata ; posticce cinerece. 

 Male. Keddish. Thorax blackish in front. Abdomen dark 

 cinereous. Fore wings ferruginous; transverse lines brown, undu- 

 lating, indistinct; costa with paler and blackish marks; exterior 

 border with black lunules ; claviform and orbicular spots obsolete ; 

 reniforra distinct, blackish, with a pale border. Hind wings cine- 

 reous. Wings beneath dark cinereous. Length of the body 5 

 lines ; of the wings 12 lines. 



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



Fam. 4. CAKADKINIDJE. 



Statura mediocris aut parva. Corpus robustum aut gracile 

 1 roboscis dob longa. Palpi breviusculi, scepissime porrecti ; arti- 

 culus 3us parvus. Antennae simplices, maris nonnunquam serratfc. 

 Abdomen alas posticas non aut perpaullo superans. Pedes validi 

 aut graciles ; tibiae posticaa calcaribus 4 longis. Alaa breviusculce', 

 latiusculaj, nonnunquam angusta? ; anticaj margine exteriore sub- 

 obliqu" 



Caradnnidae, GuSn. Noct. i. 234. Buisd. Ind. MSth. 136. 

 Leucanidae, p., Guen. Ann. Soc. But. Fr. 

 Caradrinidi, p., Slepk. Cat. Brit. Lep. 116. 



Size moderate or small. Body robust or slender. Proboscis 

 of moderate length, or very short. Palpi rather short, most often 

 porrect; second joint small. Antenna simple, serrated in the 

 males ol some species. Abdomen hardly extending beyond the 

 hind wings. Legs moderately stout, sometimes slender ; hind libiaa 

 with four long spurs. Wings rather short and broad, rarely narrow 

 or elongate, lore wings with the exterior border slightly oblique 



