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CATALOGUE OF 
Genus 56. SANGUESA. 
Mas. Corpus sat robusturn. Proboscis mediocris. Palpi 
laeves, sat graciles, oblique ascendentes, verticem vix superantes ; 
articulus 3us conicus, minimus. Antennae graciles. Abdomen 
breviusculum ; fasciculus apicalis parvus. Pedes lseves, sat robusti. 
Alee anticee latse, apice rectangulatae, margine exteriore subconvexo 
subobliquo; postieae abdomen superantes, margine exteriore postico 
subtruncato, margine interiore subdilatato subplicato. 
Male . Body rather stout- Proboscis of moderate length. 
Palpi smooth, rather slender, obliquely ascending, hardly rising 
higher than the vertex ; third joint conical, not more than one- 
sixth of the length of the second. Antennae smooth, slender. Ab- 
domen rather short ; apical tuft small. Legs smooth, rather stout ; 
hind tibia? with four moderately long spurs. Wings broad. Fore 
wings rectangular at the tips, with a pouch at the base of the costa ; 
costa slightly convex, straight exteriorly ; exterior border slightly 
convex and oblique. Hind wings extending beyond the abdomen, 
with the exterior border slightly truncated hindward; interior border 
slightly dilated and folded. 
1. Sanguesa cosmiana. 
Mas. Lateritia ; subtus pallide ochracea ; abdomen rufescente- 
cinereum; alee anticce nigro conspersce , macula exteriore cos- 
tali trigona alba , linea submarginali e lunulis pallide cinereis 
nigro punctatis , linea marginuli nigricante , fasciculo subtus 
parvo atro ; posticce sublutece , margine diffuso fuscescente 
vix interlineato . 
Male. Brick-red, mostly pale ochraceous beneath. Abdomen 
reddish cinereous. Thorax and fore wings very minutely speckled 
with black; a white triangular costal spot beyond two-thirds of the 
length ; submarginal line pale cinereous, curved, composed of 
lunules, accompanied by black points ; marginal line blackish ; tuft 
near the base beneath deep black. Hind wings dull luteous, with a 
diffuse brownish border, which is broadest about the tips, and is 
indistinctly and incompletely interlined, and disappears towards 
the interior angle. Length of the body 4 lines ; of the wings 
12 lines. 
a. Ega. From Mr. Bates’ collection. 
