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Genus 42. PE^ESOS. 



Corpus longum, sat validum, subcylindricum, fere lineare. 

 Palpi ascendentes, capile umlto breviores; articulus 3us conicus, 

 minimus. Antennae filiformes, in utroque sexu simplices. Abdo- 

 men alarum margines posticos non attingens. Pedes sat validi ; 

 tibia5 posticae calcaribus quatuor longiusculis. Ala3 late ; vena 

 inferiores quatuor. 



Body long, rather stout, nearly linear and cylindrical. Palpi 

 ascending, much shorter than the head ; third joint conical, very 

 small. Antennae filiform, simple in both sexes, more than half the 

 length of the body. Abdomen not extending so far as the hind 

 wings. Legs rather stout ; hind tibiae with four rather long spurs. 

 Wings broad ; four inferior veins. 



1. Prjssos Mariana. 



Nigra ; abdomen flavum, basi nigrum ; alee anticce strigis trans- 

 versis cyaneis fasciisque tribus albis, la integra, 2a Saque 

 macularibus; posticos flava, fasciis duabus basique nigris. 



Eusemia Mariana, White, Mac Gillivraij, Voyage of the Rattlesnake. 

 Black. Abdomen bright yellow, black towards the base. Fore 

 wings with transverse blue streaks, and with three white bands ; the 

 first entire at one-third of the length, the second macular and widely 

 interrupted in the middle at two-thirds of the length, the third sub- 

 apical and composed of two small spots. Hind wings bright 

 yellow, black towards the base, and with two irregular black bands 

 which are partly united by black streaks along the veins, the second 

 interrupted. Length of the body 9—10 lines : of the wings 36 

 lines. • ° 



a, b. Australia. From the Voyage of H.M.S. Kattlesnake. 



Corpus debile, magnitudine minori. Caput parvum. Oculi 

 laterales. Palpi minuti, supra haud conspicui, 3-articulati, articulo 

 lo valde squamoso, 3o ad aoicem suhnndn. Mandihnl» m m..t» 



Genus 43. EPICOPEIA. 



magnitudine minori. Caj 

 mti, supra haud conspicui, I m 

 squamoso, 3o ad apicem subnudo. Mandibular minute 

 distantes. Maxillae nullae. Alae magna?, valde elongate; anticaj 

 integrae, posticae incisuris semicircularibus inter venas, incisura ex- 

 terna et anali (ilia prsesertim) valde elongatis. Hamus et tendines 

 omnino carent. Areola discalis alarum anticarum vix pone tertiam 



