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et ejus triente brevior. Antennae subpectinata?, corporis dimidio 

 ; non breviores. Abdomen alas posticas long* superans. Pedes sat 

 ; graciles, longiusculi ; tibiae postica? calcaribus quatuor longis. Alas 



longae, angustae. 



Male. Body cylindrical, rather long. Proboscis less than 

 half the length of the body. Palpi ratber long, ascending; second 

 joint slightly curved, much longer than tbe first ; third linear, much 

 more slender than the second, and less than one-third of its length. 

 Antennae minutely pectinated, full half the length of the body. 

 Abdomen extending far beyond the hind wings. Legs rather slen- 

 der, somewhat long; hind tibiae with four long spurs. Wings loi»g 

 and narrow. Fore wings straight in front ; discal fold distinct ; 

 iirst inferior vein intersecting the discal areolet, further from the 

 second than the second is from the third; third about six times 

 further from the fourth than from the second. 



1. Baritius discalis. 



Mas. Pallide luleus, subtus pallide flavw ; palpi fusel, extus 

 rufo vittati ; antennce fuscce ; thorax macula antica discali 

 flava-fusco marginata ; abdomen supra rufum ; tibice fusca 

 unifasciatce ; tarsi fasciis fuscis ; alee anticce fasciis obliquis 

 sex e maculis luteo-flavis ex parte fusco marginatis^ fusco tri- 

 notata? ; posticce pallide rufce, basi costa ciliisque flavis . 

 Male. Luteous, pale yellow beneath. Head above pale yel- 

 low. Proboscis ferruginous. Palpi brown ; each with a red stripe 

 on the outer side. Antennae brown, whitish testaceous above and at 

 the base. Thorax with a large obconical pale yellow brown-bordered 

 spot occupying the disk in front. , Abdomen red above. Tibiae 

 with a brown band on each; tarsi with brown bands. Fore wings 

 with six oblique bands of yellow luteous-disked partly brown- 

 bordered spots; three brown marks, one at tbe lip of the discal areo- 

 let, one near the tip in front of the first inferior vein, the third large, 

 on the interior angle ; ciliae alternately brown and luteous. Hind 

 wings pale red, yellow in front and towards the base, and with yel- 

 low cilia?. Length of the body 6i lines; of the wings 20 lines. 

 a. Rio Janeiro. From Mr. Stevens' collection. 



Genus 42. ELYSIUS. 



Mas. Corpus longiusculum, cylindricum, sublineare. Probos- 

 cis corporis dimidio aequalis. Palpi erecti, longiusculi ; aiticulus 

 2us pilosus, subarcuatus, lo fere duplo longior ; 3us conicus, mini- 



