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laterally broad, subquadrate, densely clothed with hair; the third joint minute and almost lost in the hairy vestiture of the second joint. Antennae moderately long, heavily pecti- nated, with the setae appressed and almost uniform in length from the base to just before the tip, where they rapidly shorten. The antennae are in all the dried specimens before me curved downward at the tips. The pata- gia are relatively long, covering the inser- tions of both the primaries and secondaries. The abdomen is produced one-fourth of its length beyond the posterior margin of the secondaries, and on the dorsal line back of the thorax has a large and very prominent cluster of upright scales, giving the appear- ance of a small hump. The legs are moder- ately hairy; the third pair quite longwith the tibiae swollen at the end and armed at the ex- tremity and beyond the middle with double spurs. The primaries are subtriangular with the costa moderately convex, the outer mar- gin rounded, the inner margin slightly con- vex.
The secondaries are subpyriform with
the costa convex, the outer margin evenly rounded, and the inner margin nearly
straight.
9.
The female does not differ materially
from the male except that the antennae are less heavily pectinated, the body stouter, and the wings relatively broader.
The prevailing colors are brownish and
greenish-brown, and the moths are of mod- erate size, averaging less than two inches in expanse.
The type of the genus is A'. nubi-
fugu, Holl.
99. N'. nubzyuga, sp. nov. f. Palpi,
antennae, front, collar, and upper side of thorax dark brown. The abdomen above
slightly paler, having the dorsal cluster of scales very dark brown. The under side of the thorax and abdomen is brown, paler than the upper surface.
Legs concolorous with
the tarsi ringed with dark brown. The
primaries are rich brown with obscure gray- ish transverse lines along the costa; a
velvety brown spot near the base; a very large velvety brown spot beyond this on the inner margin, followed by a series of similar velvety markings disposed as a submarginal series, most prominent below the apex at the end of the third median and near the outer angle. The velvety spot near the outer angle is sometimes accentuated by a small silvery dot on its outer margin. The pos- terior wings above are uniformly wood-brown with the fringes checkered with darker brown. On the under side, the primaries and second- aries are pale wood-brown, the primaries clouded with fuliginous in the region of the cell and traversed by an obscure double sub- marginal band. The secondaries have a
large dark brown discal dot, a transverse median and an angulated submarginal trans- verse line. The fringes on the lower side are conspicuously checkered with dark brown. 52. The female does not greatly differ
from the male except in the size of the an- tennae but invariably in all specimens before me has the silvery spot near the outer angle of the primaries upon the upper side.
Expanse, f, 35 to 38 mm. ;
$ ,38 mm.
loo. N delicata, sp. nov. f. Upper
side of palpi and front pale brown. An-
tennae testaceous. Collar and upper side of thorax pale brown. Upper side of abdomen dark brown. Lower side of thorax and ab- domen pale brown. Legs concolorous, the
tarsi and tibiae ringed with brown. The
primaries are warm brown marked by very
narrow transverse basal, median, and limbal lines of dark brown, margined on both sides by very fine grayish lines. On the inner margin before the base there is a large dark velvety, subquadrate patch of brown scales, and there is a similar linear patch of like scales below the apex on the outer margin, followed by a very narrow irregular marginal line of similar scales. The fringe is pale brown, checkered with dark brown. The




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secondaries are wood-brown with the fringes as on the primaries. The under side of the primaries is very pale wood-brown with the median area fuliginous. The wings are
traversed by an obscure submarginal line, be- yond which near the apex and the outer angle are obscure brown dots. The secondaries
are very pale wood-brown profusely irrorated with brownish scales and marked by a large brown discal dot, subtriangular in form, a brown spot at the outer angle, and obscure transverse limbal and submarginal lines, which widen from near the outer angle
toward the anal angle. The fringes are
marked as on the primaries.
9. In the female the dark brown spot
on the inner margin of the upper side of the primaries is obsolete, as is also the case now and then with male specimens. Expanse,
3, 32 mm. ; 9,36 mm.
101. TV. sfriata, sp. nov. 3. Body
and appendages dark brown. The upper
side of the abdomen is somewhat blackish. Legs ringed with whitish. The primaries
are rich ferruginous, darkest near the base, marked by zigzag white and brown lines
traversing the wing.
At the end of the cell
in the primaries there is an obscure annular mark formed of raised dark brown scales, beyond which is a well defined, transverse limbal line, dark brown, margined on either side by whitish. The margin is defined in- wardly by a series of small oval white spots, most distinct near the apex. The fringes are pale brown, broadly checkered with dark
brown. The secondaries are uniformly pale wood-brown with the fringes checkered as on the primaries. The under side of the wings is marked very much as in the preceding
species. Expanse, 38 mm.
102 N. obscura, sp. nov. 3. Allied in
general appearance to the preceding species. Body and legs on the upper side dark brown, on the lower side pale brown inclining
to luteous. The legs annulated with dark brown.
The primaries on the upper side are
brown marked near the base and along the inner margin by pale yellowish and whitish spots, most conspicuous at the outer angle. A similar series of spots is found near the apex. The wings are traversed by an obscure basal, transverse median, and transverse sub- marginal line, defined partially by lighter ex- ternal and internal shades. The secondaries are brown with an obscure discal dot and very obscure transverse median and submar- ginal lines. The fringes of both wings are pale brown, broadly checkered with dark
brown. On the under side both primaries
and secondaries are pale brown, inclining to luteous. At the end of the cells of both wings there is an obscure brown annular
mark, pupiled with light brown ; beyond it a transverse median band succeeded by a series of prominent submarginal spots. The fringes on the under side are conspicuously check- ered with dark brown. Expanse, 38 mm.
103. N. /roIetaria, sp. nov. $. Palpi
brown. Front, collar and anterior edge of patagiae glaucous. The tips of the patagia and the upper side of the abdomen ferrugin- ous. The lower side of the thorax and abdo- men obscure luteous. The legs concolorous annulated with brown. The primaries at the base and along the inner margin and upon the outer margin are rich ferruginous. The median area is occupied by a broad patch of lilacine gray, separated from the broad area of the wing toward the base by an irregular line running from before the base on the costa obliquely toward the middle of the inner margin, thence ascending by a very irregular and somewhat broken line toward the apex. In the middle of this lilacine gray spot, at the end of the cell, there is an annu- lar mark composed of raised brown scales. The wings are crossed by a basal, transverse median, and transverse limbal line. These - lines are very fine and crenulate. There is also an obscure submarginal line. The
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brown. The secondaries are marked above
very much as in N. delicata.
On the under
side the markings are very much as in N. striato. Expanse, 36 mm.
104. N. muscosa, sp. nov, 8. Palpi and
front pale testaceous. Antennae testaceous. Patagia and upper side of thorax greenish- olivaceous. The upper side of the abdomen fawn, dark on the dorsal line. The under side of the thorax and abdomen very pale fawn. Legs concolorous margined with
brown and with the tarsi annulated with
brown. The primaries are dark olive-green, marked with brownish lines and pale green spots. There is a dark brown basal spot
near the costa ; beyond this a very irregular double transverse brown line defined extern- ally and internally by pea-green, and inter- rupted below the cell by a blackish longi- tudinal ray. At the end of the cell there is an obscure annular mark composed of raised brown scales pupilled with pea-green. Be- yond is a geminate curved transverse limbal line, defined externally and internally by pale green shades. The outer member of this
geminate line near the inner margin expands into a dark olive-brown spot, accentuated ex- ternally by a silvery white mark and suc- ceeded externally by some irregular olive- brown marginal cloudings. There is a regu- lar dark brown marginal line. The fringes are pale fawn broadly checkered with dark brown. The secondaries are uniformly pale fawn. On the under side both the primaries and the secondaries are pale fawn inclining to luteous with the fringes checkered with brown as on the upper side. Expanse, 34
mm.
105. N. v/r/d/s, sp. nov. 3. Palpi pale
brown on the lower side. Antennae with the culmen testaceous, the setae dark brown. There is a white spot at the base of each of the antennae. The front, collar, and upper side of the thorax are dark olive. The upper side of the abdomen is grayish. The under side of the thorax and abdomen is whitish. Legs concolorous, margined externally with dark brown. The primaries at the base near the inner margin are whitish; beyond this olive-green, shading gradually toward the middle of the wing into glaucous. There is a discal dot of raised scales at the end of the cell; beyond a very fine transverse median line composed of similar raised scales run- ning at right angles to the inner margin, succeeded by a curved transverse olive band, which unites on the inner margin with the transverse brown line. Beyond this is a very irregular submarginal olive-brown line. The apex is pale fawn and upon the margin there is a series of olive spots, marking the inter- spaces. The fringes are uniformly olive. The secondaries on the upper side are whitish with the fringes obscurely brown. On the under side both wings are whitish, the costal area of the primaries being clouded with blackish, and the fringes being pale brown. Expanse, 32 mm.
OECURA, Holl.
106. 0. (?) cyucifeyo, sp. nov. 3. An-
tennae testaceous.
Palpi, front, collar, and
tegulae dark brown.
Upper side of thorax
and abdomen likewise dark brown. Under
side of the thorax and abdomen paler. Legs brown. Tarsi ringed with white. On dorsal line of abdomen, three or four high tufts of dark brown hair. Primaries dark brown
with purplish reflections in certain lights. There is a dark brown subbasal fascia, fol- lowed by some yellowish scales, succeeded by a curved and angulated geminate subme- dian transverse line, followed by a subquad- rate dark brown patch, extending from the costa across the end of the cell. Beyond this there is a narrow transverse limbal line ac- centuated on the submedian interspaces by light dots, followed by an exceedingly irreg- ular and heavy submarginal line of dark
brown. Near the outer angle there is a
series of dots on the interspaces. There is a dark marginal line. The fringes are lilacine, broadly checkered with dark brown. The




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disposition of the light spaces just before the apex between the spot at the end of the cell and the submarginal line is such as to rudely indicate the outline of a St. Andrew's cross. In some specim'ens this is more distinct than in others. The secondaries are uniformly testaceous, the fringes checkered as on the primaries. The under side is obscure testa- ceous with faint suggestions of discal dots and submarginal lines on both wings. The fringes are as on the upper side.
9.
The female is much larger than the
male, and on the under side with the discal dots and transverse lines quite distinct. Ex- panse, $, 40 mm. ; $, 55 mm.
107. 0. (?) ocellifera, sp. nov. $. An-
tennae, palpi, front, collar, and upper side of thorax rich brown. Under side of thorax
and abdomen lighter. Legs brown, mar-
gined internally with lighter. Tarsi black- ish. On the dorsal line of the abdomen
there are four high tufts of dark brown hair. The primaries are rich brown for one-third of the distance from the base, then bluish gray; this bluish-gray area is separated from the outer half of the wings by a curved white line, running from before the apex on the costa with a semi-circular sweep to the outer angle, defined externally by a narrow
brown line, succeeded by a narrow light
brown line, the space beyond these lines be- ing of the same color as the base and inter- rupted by a zigzag limbal and submarginal line of dark brown. The apex is marked by a zigzag white line, shaded internally with darker brown. The fringes are brown,
broadly checkered with blackish. The sec- ondaries are uniformly pale brown. The
fringes uniformly pale fawn. On the under side, the wings are fawn with the primaries clouded with fuliginous near the base and at the apex, and the secondaries have obscure transverse limbal and submarginal brown
lines. *
$2.
The female is much as the male, but
larger. The antennae not quite so heavily pectinated. Expanse, 3, 30 mm. ; $ , 40 mm. 108. 0. (?) thersites, sp. nov. 8. Body
uniformly blackish-brown. Primaries obscure brown with blackish shades at the base and beyond the end of the cell. At the end of the cell there is a dark brown spot. There is an irregular submarginal narrow line, and also a dark marginal line. The fringes are pale brown checkered with darker brown. The
secondaries are uniformly sooty. The fringes are as on the primaries. The under side of both wings is pale brown clouded with fuli- ginous in the region of the cell on the prim- aries. On the secondaries there is an obscure discal dot. Expanse, 38 mm.
NOTE. - I refer these three species to my genus Oecura without any knowledge of their larval habits. Structurally they agree thor- oughly with 0. goo&, mihi, save that the tufts of hairs upon the dorsal line of the abdo- men are more conspicuous than in that
species.
THAMNOCERA,* gen. nov.
Allied to the foregoing genera, from which it is not distinguishable so far as the neura- tion is concerned, but from which it is dis- tinguished by the structure of the antennae, which in the male are relatively much longer than in Oecura and Notohyba, and in the
female are not nearly so strongly pectinated, as in those genera, the pectinations being quite minute in the latter sex. Furthermore, the tufts, which appear on the dorsal line of the abdomen in Notohyba and Oecura, in
Thamnocera are lacking, or obsolescent.
The legs have the tibiae at their extremities evenly enlarged, but not tumid as in Noto- hyba. They are sparsely clothed with hair and are armed as in Notohyba with two pairs of spurs upon the hind legs. The primaries are subtriangular, somewhat more elongate than in Notohyba, but otherwise very much the same.
Type T. albilinea, Holl.
* @dpvos = vepres ; Kipas = cornu.




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