

LEPJDOPTEBA HETEROCERA. 301 



Group 4. PHALCIDON. 



Corpus gracile, sublineare, sat longum. Palpi ascendentes, 

 capite vix breviores; articulus 3us acuminatus, 2o brevior. An- 

 tennae maris late peetinatae, fcemince simpliees. Abdomen alas pos- 

 ticas triente superans. Pedes graciles ; tibiae posticae calcaribus 

 quatuor sat longis, anticae maris subtus dentatae. Alae angustae aut 

 mediocri latitudine. 



Body slender, nearly linear, rather long. Palpi vertical, nearly 

 as long as the head; third joint acuminated, rather shorter than the 

 second. Antennae shorter than the body, deeply pectinated along 

 five-sixths of the length in the male, simple in the female. Abdo- 

 men extending for one-third of its length beyond the hind wings. 

 Legs slender ; fore tibiae of the male dentate beneath ; hind tibiae 

 with four rather long spurs. Wings narrow or of moderate breadth. 



20. JOSIA JNTEGKA. 



Nigra, luteo bivittata, subtus albo vittata; alee anticce vitta postica 

 abbreviata fasciaque obliqua subapicali luteis ; postica vitta 

 postica brevi integra lutea. 



Black. Head, sides of the body above and of the pectus lute- 

 ous ; a slender white stripe beneath. Fore wings with a luteous 

 stripe extending near the hind border and hardly widening outwards, 

 very obliquely truncated beyond the middle ; near the tip there is a 

 short luteous band which is more remote from the stripe, more ob- 

 lique and more attenuated in front than is that of /. incisa. Hind 

 wings with a luteous stripe along the inner border and a short part 

 of the hind border where it has no incision. Length of the body 

 5 lines ; of the wings 14 lines. 



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



This may prove to be a variety of J. Megcera. 



21. Josia Meg^ra. 



Nigra, luteo bivittata, subtus alba ; alee anticce vitta postica abbre- 

 viata fasciaque obliqua subapicali luteis ; posticce vitta postica 

 incisa margineque apicali luteis. 



