608 CATALOGUE OF 



Genus 27. STIB^EBA. 



Mas. Corpus sat gracile. Proboscis mediocriter longa. 

 Palpi subarcuati, vix ascendentes, caput perpaullo superantes ; 

 articulus 3us conicus, minimus. Antennae nudge, corporis dimidio 

 non lougiores. Abdomen longum, vix cristatum, alas posticas 

 triente superans. Pedes vix robusti ; tibiae posticaa calcaribus 

 longis. Alae longiusculae, mediocriter lata?; anticae apud costam 

 vix convexae, apice acuta?, margine exteriore subdenticulato vix 

 obliquo. 



Male. Body rather slender. Proboscis moderately long. 

 Palpi very slightly curved, hardly ascending, extending very little 

 beyond the head ; third joint conical, not more than one-sixth of the 

 length of the second. Antennae bare, hardly half the length of the 

 body. Abdomen long, hardly crested, extending for one-third 

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

 with four long spurs. Wings moderately broad, rather long. Fore 

 wings hardly convex in front, acute at the tips, slightly denticulated, 

 and hardly oblique along the exterior border. 



1. STIBiERA COSTIPLAGA. 



Mas. Pallide jlavo-viridis ; caput et thorax anticus fusca ; abdo- 

 men cinereum, apice testaceum ; alee anticce plagis tribus 

 costalibus fuscis albo marginatis, lineis solids maculisque sub- 

 obsoletis, lineis duabus guttularibus maculisque duabus exte- 

 rior ibus fuscis ; posticce cinerece, ciliis albidis. 



Male. Pale yellowish green. Head and fore part of the tho- 

 rax brown. Abdomen cinereous, testaceous at the tip. Fore wings 

 with three brown white-bordered patches along the costa, the 

 largest at the base, the smallest in the middle ; lines and discal 

 spots almost obsolete ; two exterior rows of brown dots, the inner 

 one opposite the third palch, and accompanied by two brown spots 

 on its outer side. Hind wings cinereous, with whitish cilia? . 

 Length of the body 9 lines ; of the wings 22 lines. 



a. Brazil. From Mr. Stevens 1 collection. 



