478 CATALOGUE OF 



tibiae posticae calcaribus quatuor longissimis. Alae mediocriter lata?,! 

 breviusculae ; anticae apud costam rectae, apice rectangulataa ; mar- 

 gine exteriore apud medium subangulato postice mediocriter ob-' 

 liquo. 



Body rather stout. Proboscis moderately long. Palpi stout, 

 ascending to the vertex ; third joint lanceolate, rather less than one- I 

 fourth of the length of the second. Abdomen extending near one- 

 third of its length beyond the hind wings. Legs stout ; hind tibiae 

 with four very long spurs. Wings moderately broad, rather short. 

 Fore wings straight in front, rectangular at the tips, moderately ob- 

 lique along the hind part of the exterior border, which is almost 

 angular in the middle ; fourth inferior vein very remote from the 

 other three, which are contiguous. 



1. Amaena discursa. 

 Ferrugineo-rufa ; abdomen pallidum ; alee antica basi apud cos- 

 tam incrassatce subdilatatce, apud marginem interiorem pilosis- 

 simce, linea exteriore fusca undulata albido marginata, ma- 

 cula orbiculari e gutta alba, reniformi magna fusca albido 

 marginata ; posticce fusca?, apud marginem exteriorem pallide 

 cinerea?. 



Ferruginous-red. Abdomen paler than the thorax. Fore wings 

 thickened and slightly dilated at the base of the costa, very pilose 

 towards the interior border ; lines obsolete, except the exterior one, 

 which is brown, whitish-bordered, and very undulating; claviform 

 spot obsolete ; orbicular represented by a white dot ; reniform large, 

 brown, whitish-bordered, of the usual shape. Hind wings brownish, 

 pale cinereous along the exterior border. Length of the body 7 

 lines ; of the wings 15 lines. 



Genus 24. DABABITA. 

 Corpus vix robustum. Palpi breves, subascendentes, non 

 crassi ; articulus 3us brevissimus. Proboscis mediocriter longa. 

 Antennae simplices, corporis dimidio rnulto longiores. Abdomen 

 alas posticas paullo superans. Pedes sat validi ; tibiae posticae cal- 

 caribus quatuor longis. Alae mediocriter latae ; anticae apud costam 

 recta?, apice acuminatae, margine exteriore sat obliquo valde undu- 

 lato. Mas,— Antennae pubescentes. 



