712 CATALOGUE OF 



Allied to the Noctuites. Male.—'Body linear, rather stout. 

 Proboscis long. Palpi slender, porrect, moderately long ; second 

 joint much longer than the first; third lanceolate, slender, about 

 half the length of the second. Antennae very minutely pectinated, 

 not more than half the length of the body. Abdomen tumid at the 

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

 Legs stout; hind tibiae with four moderately long spurs. Wings 

 narrow, rather long. Fore wings with the second inferior vein 

 nearly as far from the first as from the third ; third full twice further 

 from the fourth than from the second. 



Ameles rubriplaga. 



Fcem. Fusca ; vertex et frons albce ; palpi subtus testacei ; thora- 

 cis discus anticus albus, fusco varius ; latera albo vittata ; 

 pectus luteum ; abdomen supra rufum, disco fusco, triente 

 apicali lutea, ventre testaceo ; pedes testacei, tibiis anterior ibus 

 albido vittatis, tarsis anterior ibus albi do fasciatis, tibiis tar sis- 

 que posticis fulvis testaceo vittatis ; alee anticce e maculis albis 

 testaceo marginatis univittatce ; posticce basi maculisque anticis 

 rtifis. 



Fcem. Brown. Vertex and front white. Proboscis ferrugi- 

 nous. Palpi testaceous beneath. Disk of the thorax in front 

 white, intersected by a slender brown line, and in front with 

 a brown dot on each side ; a short white stripe along each side. 

 Pectus luteous. Abdomen red above; disk mostly brown; apical 

 third part luteous ; under side testaceous. Legs testaceous ; an- 

 terior tibiae with whitish stripes ; anterior tarsi with whitish bands ; 

 hind tibiae and tarsi tawny, with testaceous stripes and bands. 

 Fore wings with a curved stripe, extending from the base to beyond 

 the middle of the fore border, composed of white testaceous-bordered 

 confluent spots, and enclosing one white and one testaceous spot ; a 

 curved band of like colour occupies the tip of the wings, and 

 includes a brown spot. Hind wings red at the base, and with red 

 spots along the fore border. Length of the body 6 lines ; of the 

 wings 18 lines. 



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



Genus 41. BARITIUS. 



Mas. Corpus cylindricum, longiusculum. Proboscis corporis 

 dimidio brevior. Palpi longiusculi, ascendentes ; articulus 2us 

 subarcuatus, lo multo longior ; 3us linearis, 2o multo gracilior 



