684 CATALOGUE OF 



broad. Fore wings rather narrower than the hind wings ; first, 

 second and third inferior veins almost contiguous at the base 

 fourth very remote. 



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1. Alph^a fulvo-hirta. 



Mas. Alba ; caput antice nigrum ; thorax maculis duabus anticis 

 nigro-fuscis vittisque duabus nigris ; abdomen supra fulvum, 

 subtus e maculis fuscis trivittatum ; pedes fusci, albo varii, 

 femoribus anticis luteo vittatis ; alee anticce fuscce, albo macu- 

 latce ; posticce fusco maculatce. 



Male. White. Head black in front. Proboscis testaceous. 

 Palpi and antennae black. Thorax with testaceous hairs about the 

 sutures and in front, with two elongated blackish brown spots in 

 front, and with a black stripe on each side. Pectus thickly clothed 

 with brown hairs. Abdomen above thickly clothed with tawny hairs ; 

 under side with three rows of brown spots. Legs brown ; fore 

 femora with a luteous stripe ; fore tibiae and fore tarsi with white 

 dots beneath ; middle femora with a white band. Fore wings brown, 

 with numerous white spots, of which the largest are along the hind 

 border, the most elongated along the fore border, and the smallest 

 in the disk, where one of them is very slender and nearly rectangu- 

 lar. Hind wings with one discal and a few marginal and submar- 

 ginal brown spots and dots. Length of the body 8 lines ; of the 

 wings 23 lines. 



a. ? From Mr. Stevens' collection. 



Genus 32. AMPHISSA. 



Mas. Corpus lineare, cylindricum, mediocriter longura et 

 validum. Proboscis brevis. Palpi brevissimi ; articulus 2us lo 

 longior; 3us minimus, acuminatus. Antennae graciles, simplices. 

 Thorax pilis adpressis. Abdomen alas paullo superans. Pedes 

 graciles ; tibiae posticae calcaribus parvis apicalibus. Alae sat an- 

 gustae. 



Male. Body linear, cylindrical, moderately long and stout. 

 Proboscis short. Palpi very short; second joint longer than the 

 first; third very minute, acuminated. Antennae slender, simple. 

 Thorax smooth, with flat -lying hairs. Abdomen extending for one- 

 fourth of its length beyond the hind wings; anal appendages 

 slender, curved. Legs slender; hind tibiae with small apical spurs. 

 Wings rather narrow. Fore wings straight in front; first inferior 

 vein almost contiguous to the second ; second and third united, and 

 forming a very short petiole ; fourth remote. Hind wings hardly 

 convex in front. 



