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Genus 2. COCYTIA. 



Antennae fusiformes, subuncinatae. Palpi dilatati, 3-articulati, 

 articulo lo breviore, 2o paullo longiore, ambobusque squamosis, 3o 

 longo, nudo, gracili, cylindrico, ultra f'rontein ascendente. Lingua 

 longa, cornea. Alae horizontals, vitrei. 



Cocytia, Boisd. Mon. Zyg. 22 ; Voy. de V Astrolabe, Pt. 1 , Lep. 

 191. Blanch. Hist. Nat. Ins. ii. 350. Chenu, Enc. d'Hist. 

 Nat. Pap. 234. 



1. Cocytia Durvillii. 



AIcb omnes utrinque aterrimce, venis nigris in disco vitreo, mncula- 

 que fulva ad basin; antennce longce, fusiformes, atrce ; caput, 

 humeri, corpus, palpi, pectus, femora, et venter ceneo-cyaneo 

 micantia. 



Cocytia Durvillii, Boisd. Mon. Zyg. 22, pi. 1, f. 1 ; Voy. de 

 V Astrolabe, Pt. 1, Lep. 191 ; Spec. Gen. Lep. i. pi. 15, f. 1. 

 Chenu, Enc. d'Hist Nat. Pap. 233, f. 397. 



a, b. New Guinea. Presented by J. Macgillivray, Esq. 



Genus 3. HESPAGARISTA. 



Corpus subcylindricum. Caput parvura. Oculi magni. Palpi 

 brevissimi, caput non superantes ; articulus3us minimus. Antennae 

 corpore multo breviores, extrorsum crassiores, apice subhamatse et 

 attenuatae. Abdomen lineare, sat longum. Alae subtrigonae. 

 Pedes pilosi, breves, validi ; tibiae anticae subtus dentatae, posteriores 

 calcaneus ion gis validis. Mas. Abdomen apice fasciculo longissimo 

 instructum. 



Body subcylindrical. Head small. Eyes ratber large. Pro- 

 boscis moderately long. Palpi very sbort, not extending above tbe 

 head ; third joint very small. Antennae very much shorter than the 

 body, slightly thickening from the base till near the tips, where they 

 are slightly hooked and attenuated. Abdomen linear, rather long. 

 Wings subtrigonate ; fore wings very much longer and a little nar- 

 rower than the hind wings. Legs hairy, rather short and stout ; 

 fore tibiae dentate beneath ; apical spurs of the posterior tibiae and 

 intermediate spurs of the hind tibiae rather long and stout. Male. 

 Abdomen thickly clothed at the tip with long hairs which form a 

 tuft at the tip of at least half its length. 



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