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Genus 20. PHALOESIA. 



Corpus sublineare, cyliudricum, sat validum, mediocriter lon- 

 gura. Palpi porrecti, capite breviores ; articulus 3us conicus, 2o 

 triplo brevior. Antennae maris sat late pectinatae, fcemince medio- 

 criter pectinatae. Abdomen maris alas posticas paullo superans, 

 fcemina} brevior. Pedes validi ; tibiae posticas calcaribus duobus 

 minutis apicalibus. Alae lougiusculae, mediocriter latae ; anticae ex 

 parte hyalinae,i venis tribus inferioribus. 



Body nearly linear and cylindrical, rather stout, moderately 

 long. Palpi porrect, shorter than the head ; third joint conical, 

 about one-third of the length of the second. Antennae pectinated, 

 rather deeply in the male, moderately in the female. Abdomen in 

 the male extending not so far as the hind wings, in the female a 

 little beyond them. Legs stout; hind tibiae with two minute apical 

 spurs. Wings rather long, moderately broad. Fore wings partly 

 hyaline, with three inferior veins. 



1. Phaloesia saucia. 



Piceo-niger ; prothorax maculceque duce humerales rufa ; abdomen 

 coccineo bivittatum ; alee antica strigis duabus anticis basali- 

 bus coccineis, macula antica media fasciaque subapicali macu- 

 lari albis. 



Brownish black. Palpi, proboscis and antennae black. Palpi 

 white beneath. Thorax bright red in front and on each side of the 

 fore wings. Abdomen with a red stripe on each side. Legs with 

 white spots. Fore wings with a red costal streak at the base ; a 

 little beyond this streak and near the fore border there is a red spot 

 which joins a whitish short semihyaline streak beyond it and by the 

 costa ; an upright whitish semihyaline band near the tip composed 

 of five spots. Hind wings bluish black, with a white fringe. Length 

 of the body 7 — 8 lines ; of the wings 22 — 24 lines. 



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



c. — ? From Mr. Children's collection. 



d. Nicaragua. 



Genus 21. RHOSUS. 



Corpus angustum, sublineare, sat longum. Palpi porrecti, pi- 

 losi, capite breviores; articulus 3us maris 2o brevior, fcemincB multo 

 brevior. Antennae serratae. Pedes pilosi, validi; tibiae posticae cal- 

 caribus duobus longis apicalibus. Alae latiusculae, ex parte semi- 



