430 INSECTA SAUNDERSIANA. 
Curex Exacirans, Fem. 
Fusca; albo varia; palpi nigri, apice albi; thorax albido bivittatus ; 
abdumen testaceo varium, fasciis albidis maculisque lateralibus 
argenteis ; pedes gracillimi, femoribus testaceis apice fuscis, genubus 
et tarsoram fasciis argenteis ; ale subcineree. 
Brown, with white spangles. Proboscis slender, curved, partly tes- 
taceous. Palpi black, with silvery white tips. Thorax with two slender 
whitish stripes. Abdomen mostly testaceous in the disk, with a whitish 
band at the base of each segment, and with a row of silvery white dots 
along each side. Legs very slender ; femora testaceous, with brown tips; 
knees silvery white; tarsi with silvery white bands. Wings grayish ; 
veins brown, fringed with brown hairs. Hlalteres testaceous? Length 
of the body 23 lines ; of the wings 4 lines. 
Para. 
This species much resembles ©. tovorhynchus, but the latter has not 
the whitish stripes on the thorax, nor the white dots on the abdomen. 
CuLEx piscrucians, Mas et Fem. 
Nigricans ; pectus argenteum; abdomen purpureum, subtus testaceo 
fasciatum; pedes purpurei, femoribus testaceis, genubus albo 
guttalis, tarsis fascia subapicali alba ; ale subcineree, venis fuscis 
subciliatis ; halteres testacei, apice fusct. Mas.—Antenne testaceo 
fasciate. 
Blackish. Proboscis long, slender. Pectus silvery whitish. Abdo- 
men purple, with testaceous bands beneath. Legs purple, long, slender; 
femora testaceous, purplish towards the tips; a white dot on each knee; 
tarsi with a white subapical band. Wings grayish ; veins brown, slightly 
ciliated. Halteres testaceous, with brown tips. Male. — Proboscis 
rather longer than the antenne. Palpi much longer than the proboscis. 
Antenne with testaceous bands. Length of the body 3 lines; of the 
wings 5 lines. 
South America. 
