718 CATALOGUE OF 



Pedes longiusculi, sat graciles; tibiae posticae calcaribus quatuor 

 minutis. Alae longiusculae, sat angustae. Mas, — Antennae subpec- 

 tinatae. Fcem. — Antennae simplices. 



Body rather slender. Proboscis moderately long. Palpi 

 short, slender, porrect; second joint much longer than the first; 

 third small, conical, acuminated. Legs rather long and slender ; 

 hind tibiae with four minute spurs. Wings rather long and narrow. 

 Fore wings very much longer than the hind wings ; second inferior 

 vein hardly further from the third than from the first ; fourth curved 

 near the base, full four times further from the third than the third is 

 from the second. Abdomen extending for half its length beyond 

 the hind wings. Male. — Antennae minutely pectinated. Fern. — 

 Antennae simple. 



1. BlTURIX DIVERSIPES. 



Albus ; palpi apice nigri ; antenna subtus nigra; abdomen supra 

 rufum, maculis albis trivittatum ; pedes antici nigro vittati t 

 coxis femoribusque rufo vittatis ; alee albo venosce. 



White. Palpi with black tips. Proboscis testaceous. An- 

 tennae black beneath. Thorax with three slender black streaks. 

 Abdomen bright red above, with three rows of black dots. Fore 

 legs with black stripes ; coxae and femora with red stripes. Wings 

 semihyaline, with white veins ; costa of the fore wings grayish 

 along the apical half. Length of the body 5J lines ; of the wings 

 15 lines. 



a, 6. Venezuela. From Mr. Dyson's collection. 



Group 2. 



Fcemina, Corpus sat gracile. Proboscis mediocriter longa. 

 Palpi breves, graciles, porrecti ; articulus 2us lo multo longior ; 3us 

 acuminatus, minimus. Antennae subpectinatae. Abdomen alas 

 posticas fere dimidio superans, apice dense fasciculatum. Pedes 

 longiusculi, sat graciles; tibiae posticae calcaribus quatuor parvis. 

 Alae longiusculae, sat angustae ; anticae posticis valde longiores. 



Fern. Body rather slender. Proboscis moderately long. 

 Palpi short, slender, porrect; second joint much longer than the 

 first; third acuminated, very minute. Antennae very minutely pec- 

 tinated. Abdomen extending for nearly half its length beyond the 

 hind wings, thickly tufted at the tip. Legs rather long and slender; 

 hind tibiae with four minute spurs. Wings rather long and narrow. 

 Fore wings very much longer than the hind wings; first and second 

 inferior veins contiguous at the base; third about thrice further 

 from the fourth than from the second. 



