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CATALOGUE OE 
and posterior tibiae fringed ; bind tibiae with four long spurs. 
Wings elongate. Fore wings acute, hardly falcate ; costa almost 
straight, very slightly convex towards the base, where there is a 
pouch ; exterior border not oblique in front, moderately oblique 
hiudward. 
1. Samcova incensana. 
Mas. Ockraceo-rufa, subtus cinereo -purpurea ; thorax^^t abdomen 
purpuras centi a, hoc apice ochraceo-rufum ; alee anticce basi 
fasciaque latissima subundulata purpurascentibus , hac antice 
albo marginata; posticce cinereo-purpurece , macula discali 
magma nigra , plaga postica ochracea strigam albam obliquam 
includente. 
Male . Ochraceous-red, mostly cinereous-purple beneath. Palpi 
dark purplish red. Thorax and abdomen purplish ; tip of the latter 
ochraceous-red. Wings with metallic lustre. Fore wings purplish 
at the base, and with a very broad slightly undulating purplish 
band, which is bordered with white in front, and through which the 
ground hue is apparent; veins blackish; fringe purplish. Hind 
wings cinereous-purple, with a large black discal spot, and with an 
ochraceous patch extending along the hind part of the exterior 
border, and containing an oblique white streak. Length of the 
body 7 — lines; of the wings 18 — 19 lines. 
a , b. Ega. From Mr. Bates’ collection. 
c. Tapayos. From Mr. Bates’ collection. 
d. Villa Nova. From Mr. Bates’ collection. 
Genus 54. TORDA. 
Mas. Corpus robustum. Proboscis brevis, gracilis. Palpi 
porrecti, laeves, sat graeiles, capitis latitudine multo breviores ; 
articulus 3us brevissimus. Antennae laves, graeiles. Abdomen 
alas posticas non superans, fasciculis tribus apicalibus. Alae anticae 
subfalcatae, basi quasi inflates, costa basi subcon vexa, margine ex- 
teriore antico vix excavato. 
Male. Body stout. Proboscis short, slender. Palpi porrect, 
smooth, rather slender, very much shorter than the breadth of the 
head ; third joint conical, very minute, not more than one-sixth of 
the length of the second. Antennae smooth, slender. Abdomen not 
extending beyond the hind wings, with three apical tufts, one dorsal, 
the other two lateral. Legs stout; spurs moderately long. Fore 
