. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Moths; Lepidoptera. 128 AECTIADJE. Genus PH^OSIA, nov. Type, P. lutea. Proboscis fully developed ; palpi porrect, not reaching beyond frons, which is rounded ; antennae of male with bristles and cilia; tibise with the spurs niodei-ate ; abdomen clothed wiLh rough hair. Fore wing long and narrow, the costa arched towards apes, the termen short; vein 2 from middle of cell, curved near base ; 3, 4 coincident; 5 absent; 6 from upper angle ; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the areole, 7 from end of areole, 11 anastomosing with 12
. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Moths; Lepidoptera. 128 AECTIADJE. Genus PH^OSIA, nov. Type, P. lutea. Proboscis fully developed ; palpi porrect, not reaching beyond frons, which is rounded ; antennae of male with bristles and cilia; tibise with the spurs niodei-ate ; abdomen clothed wiLh rough hair. Fore wing long and narrow, the costa arched towards apes, the termen short; vein 2 from middle of cell, curved near base ; 3, 4 coincident; 5 absent; 6 from upper angle ; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the areole, 7 from end of areole, 11 anastomosing with 12. Hind wing with vein 2 from middle of cell; 3,4 on a long stalk ; 5 absent; 6, 7 stalked ; 8 from middle of cell. 249. Phseosia lutea. Lithosia lutea, Druce, Biol. , Het. i. p. 131 (1885); Kirby, Cat Het. p. 338. J . Head, thorax, and abdomen white tinged with fuscous. Fore wing pale fuscous, whiter towards costa, on which there is a fuscous streak towards base. Hind vring fuscous, the cilia whitish. Hah. Guatemala, S. Gerommo {Champion), 2 Tig. 7-i.—Phceosia lutea, (S- \- c? , type, Godman-Salvin Coll. £^1,73. 26-30 millim. Subsp. 1. intermedia, Druce, Biol. , Het. i. p. 131 (1885); Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 338. Fore wing paler : hind wing white tinged with fuscous. Hab. Mexico, Jalapa (Trujillo), Cordova (liumeli), type, Yera Cruz (H. H. Smith), Godman-Salvin Coll. Exp. 28 millim. \ Genus SOZUSA. Type. Sozusa, WUgrn. Wien. Ent. Mon. vii. p. 146 (1863) scutellata. Proboscis fully developed ; palpi short, porrect, not reaching beyond frons and roughly scaled; antennas of male with long bristles and cilia; tibiffi with the spurs moderate ; abdomen clothed with rough hair. Fore wing long and very narrow, the costa straight, the apex rounded, the termen short, the inner margin arched near base ; vein 2 from towards angle of cell, oblique ; 3, 4 coincident; 5 absent; 6, 7, 8, 9 stalked ; 11 anastomosing with 12 and either stalked with 10 or from cell; male with a
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