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tes, verticem non superantes, articulo 3° parvo conico. Antennce sub- 

 pubescentes. Abdomen alas posticas non superans. Pedes brevius- 

 culi, sat graciles, femoribus tibiisque late fimbriatis, calcaribus qua- 

 tuor longis. Alee latiusculae, breviusculae ; anticae apice rectangulatae, 

 margine exteriore non obliquo. 

 Male. Body very stout. Proboscis distinct. Palpi obliquely ascend- 

 ing, not rising so high as the vertex ; 3rd joint conical, about one- 

 fourth of the length of the 2nd. Antennae minutely pubescent. Ab- 

 domen not extending beyond the hind wings. Legs rather short 

 and slender ; femora and tibiae broadly fringed ; hind tibiae with four 

 long spurs. Wings broad, rather short. Fore wings acutely rectan- 

 gular, costa quite straight ; exterior border hardly convex, not 

 oblique. 



228. Bessara quadratipennis, n. s. Mas. Cinereo-rufescens, pec- 

 tore albo, alis roseo fimbriatis, alis anticis lineis duabus cinereis angu- 

 losis indistinctis, linea submarginali e lituris fuscis, punctis marginali- 

 bus nigricantibus, alis posticis cinereo-fuscis, marginis interioris fim- 

 bria longa albida. 



Male. Cinereous reddish. Pectus white, shining. Abdomen cinereous. 

 Wings with a rosy fringe. Fore wings with the interior and exterior 

 lines cinereous, zigzag, very indistinct ; submarginal line composed of 

 brown marks; marginal points blackish, indistinct. Hind wings 

 cinereous brown; interior border fringed with long whitish hairs. 

 Length of the body / lines; of the wings 16 lines. 



Gen. Didigtja, n. g. 



Faun. Corpus sat robustum. Proboscis distincta. Palpi ascendentes, 

 articulo 2° subarcuato, 3° minimo. Antennce subsetulosae. Abdomen 

 alas posticas paullo superans. Pedes laeves, breviusculi, sat robusti ; 

 tibiae posticae calcaribus quatuor longissimis. Alee latiusculae, non 

 longae; anticae apice rotundatae, costa perparum convexa, margine 

 exteriore subconvexo. 



Female. Body moderately stout. Proboscis distinct. Palpi ascending, 

 not rising so high as the vertex ; 2nd joint slightly curved ; 3rd joint 

 conical, very minute, less than one-sixth of the length of the 2nd. An- 

 tennae very minutely setulose. Abdomen extending a little beyond 

 the hind wings. Legs smooth, rather short and stout ; hind tibiae 

 with four very long spurs. Wings rather broad, not long. Fore 

 wings rounded at the tips ; costa very slightly convex ; exterior bor- 

 der slightly convex, moderately oblique. 



229. Didigtja purpureoscripta, n. s. Fcem. Fuscescenti-cinerea, 

 cor pore subtus albido, alis anticis lineis tribus purpurascentibus dif- 

 fusis undulatis, linea 2 a subduplicata, disco subtus nigricante, alis 

 posticis cyaneo-fuscis. 



Female. Brownish cinereous. Body whitish beneath. Fore wings 



