800 CATALOGUE OF 



Female. Body rather stout. Proboscis rather long. Palpi 

 extending some distance beyond the head ; second joint long and 

 stout; third obtuse, not more than one-sixth of the length of the 

 second. Antennae simple, more than half the length of the body. 

 Abdomen not extending beyond the hind wings. Legs stout ; hind 

 tibiae with long spurs. Wings moderately broad. Fore wings 

 straight in front, angular at the tips, very slightly convex and 

 oblique along the exterior border. 



1. NlPISTA LINEATA. 



Fcem. Albida ; palpi et thorax anticus ex parte fusci ; alee an- 

 tica extus glaucescentes, margine exteriore olivaceo, lineis 

 plurimis undulatis fuscis, fasciis tribus interioribas macula- 

 ribus obscure fuscis, linea submarginali undulata fusca albi- 

 daque, guttis submarginali bus fuscis albo margin atis, maculis 

 discalibus subobsoletis ; posticce subtestacea, basialbidis, ciliis 

 a Ibis. 



Female. Whitish. Palpi and fore part of the thorax partly 

 brown. Fore wings with a glaucous tinge beyond the middle, and 

 somewhat olive-coloured along the exterior border; numerous un- 

 dulating brown lines ; three much deeper brown macular bands on 

 the interior half of the wing ; submarginal line undulating, brown 

 and whitish ; a row of brown white-bordered clots nearer the exte- 

 rior border; discal spots almost obsolete. Hind wings somewhat 

 testaceous, whitish towards the base ; ciliae white. Length of the 

 body 4 — 5 lines; of the wings 10 — 12 lines. 



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



n Dor- 



Genus 7. CAULARIS. 



Mas. Corpus robnstum. Proboscis longiuscula. Palpi por- 

 recti, caput paullo superantes ; articulus 2us validus ; 3us cylindri- 

 cus, gracilis, brevis. Antennae pectinatae. Abdomen alas posticas 

 vix superans. Pedes sat validi; tibiae posticae calcaribus longis. 

 Ala? anticae longiuscula?, vix latae, apud costam subrectae, apice 

 rotundata 1 , margine exteriore perobliquo. 



Male. Body stout. Proboscis rather long. Palpi porrect, 

 extending a little beyond the head ; second joint stout ; third cylin- 

 drical, slender, not more than one-fourth of the length of the 

 second. Antennae moderately pectinated. Abdomen hardly ex- 



