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Genus 74. PH^OCHLiENA. 



Corpus gracile, longitudine mediocri, fere lineare et cylindri- 

 cum. Palpi arcuati, ascendentes, capite paullo longiores (mas) aut 

 vix breviores (fam.) ; articulus 3us minimus. Antennae maris me- 

 diocriter pectinatae, famine? graciles, simplices. Abdomen alas pos- 

 ticas noninmquam paullo superans. Pedes graciles ; tibiae posticae 

 calcaribus mediis mediocriter longis, apicalibus parvis. Alae medio- 

 cres, nonnunqum longiusculae ; anticae subangulatae, venis la et 2a 

 inferioribus basi approximatis, 3a superiore trifurcata. 



Phagochlsena, Hiibn. Verz. Schmett. 176. 



Has some affinity to Josia. Body slender, nearly linear -and 

 cylindrical, of moderate length. Palpi curved, ascending, a little 

 longer than the head in the male, nearly as long as the head in the 

 female ; third joint very minute. Antenna? of the male moderately 

 pectinated, of the female slender and simple. Abdomen extending 

 as far as the hind wings, seldom a little beyond them. Legs slender ; 

 hind tibiae with four spurs; middle pair of moderate length ; hind 

 pair small. Wings of moderate length and breadth, rather long in 

 some species. Fore wings slightly angular ; third superior vein 

 trifurcate ; first and second inferior veins near together at the base. 



1. Ph.eochl.ena tendinosa. 



Nigra ; caput et thorax luteo varia; abdomen luteo quadrivittatum ; 

 alee antiea ferruginece, marginibus fascia obliqua media api- 

 cibusquefuscis, macula antica media guttaque subapicali luteis, 

 subtus vitta fascia maculaque luteis, venis basim versus testa- 

 ceis ; posticce nigro-fuscce, vitta discali lutea. 



Phaeochlaena tendinosa, Hubn. Samml. Exot. Schmett. 18, 45, f. 89, 

 90; Verz. Schmett. 176, 1816. 



The ferrruginous space beyond the band of the wing is occa- 

 sionally wanting, and the brown then occupies the greater part of 

 the wing. On the under side the stripe extends along the hind 

 border and occupies more than half the breadth and less than half 

 the length of the wing, the band does not reach the hind border, and 

 the spot corresponds to the dot above. 



a — g. Honduras. From Mr. Miller's collection. 

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



