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angle.
On the under side, the primaries are
hoary with the inner margin shining
testaceous. A rich maroon band rounded at the costa crosses the cell and terminates upon the shining inner area. This is
followed outwardly by some whitish lines and mottlings. The outer third is broadly fuliginous, this dark area being invaded on the side of the costa and the inner margin by minute bluish-gray maculations. The
marginal markings of the upper side
reappear upon the lower side, but far more distinctly, the dark spots being blacker and the palerlines brilliantly white. The second- aries are crossed by a dark velvety black sub-basal band, are broadly marked with
warm brown on the middle and outer third, this dark tract being ornamented near the inner margin by some heavy velvety black markings, and on the outer margin being
invaded by a profusion of minute chalky- white mottlings. Expanse, 33 mm.
This singular moth is represented in my
collection by a single specimen.
TOXOCAMPA, Guen.
74. T. dedecora, sp. nov. 8. Head and
collar rich maroon. Patagia and thorax
pale fawn. Upper side of abdomen pale
stramineous. Under side of abdomen pale
straw-yellow. The upper side of the prima- ries is pale lilacine-fawn, lighter on the outer margin, There are faint and obscure traces of a pale reniform and discal spot and the wings are traversed by very fine and obscure transverse sub-basal and trans- verse median lines, which cross the wing from the costa to the inner margin, slant- ing outwardly, and there is also a very faint and fine transverse limbal line, which after running parallel to the median line as far as the second median nervule, returns
inwardly along the line of that nervule and coalesces with the transverse median line. The secondaries are uniformly pale straw- yellow.
On the under side, both wings are
straw-yellow; both have a faint discal spot at the end of the cell; both have the margin near the apex ornamented by brownish
transverse dashes. Expanse, 40 mm. Habi- tat Benita and Kangw6.
THERMESIIDAE.
75. T. awantiaca, sp. nov. 9. Palpi,
head, and collar dark brown. Upper side
of thorax and abdomen orange-yellow;
under side of thorax and abdomen slightly paler yellow. Legs concolorous with the
anterior margins and the tarsi of the first two pairs brown. The primaries and second- aries on the upper side are pale orange- yellow with the fringes dark brown. The
dark brown of the fringe on the primaries is continued inwardly on the outer margin below the apex, forming a distinct sub-
lunate shade, punctuated on the margin out- wardly and inwardly by a few small black spots. There is a minute brown spot in the cell and a moderately large reniform spot at its end. The reniform is pale brown, sur- rounded by a blackish line. There is a
faint sub-basal curved line; beyond the
reniform are geminate curved discal lines, the innermost the most distinct, the outer- most interrupted, consisting of a series of faint spots or dashes upon the nervules. There is a. series of submarginal spots or dashes located upon the nervules and paral- lel to the limbal lines. On the' secondaries the transverse limbal and submarginal mark- ings are continued from the primaries. On the lower side, the wings have the ground color as on the upper side. The inner mar- gin of the primaries is immaculate, shining. The remainder of the wing is profusely
irrorated with minute ferruginous spots and the outer margin is heavily clouded with dark brown. The secondaries have the
costal and apical area irrorated with ferru- ginoils spots like the primaries and the



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apical portion of the outer margin is like- wise clouded with dark brown. There is a minute discal spot on the primaries and
both wings are crossed by incomplete, but quite distinct, transvere median, transverse limbal, and geminate submarginal brown
lines. Expanse, 40 mm. Habitat Valley of the Ogov6.
76. T. disci'pttncta, sp. nov. 8. Allied to T. (Azazi'a) ~zibricans, Walk., and T.
(bigia) subjects, Walk., but totally dis- tinct. The head, collar, and upper side of the thorax are fawn. The upper side of the abdomen is paler fawn. The lower side of the thorax :and abdomen are dark fawn.
The legs concolorous with the tibiae densely covered with hairs; the tarsi dark brown ringed with white. The prevalent color of the upper surface of the primaries and
secondaries is fawn. Both wings have a
minute dark brown spot in the middle of
the cell. The primaries are crossed by fine irregularly curved basal, sub-basal, median, limbal, and marginal transverse lines. At the end of the cell, in the primaries, is a very heavy and conspicuous black reni-
form spot. The transverse median brown
line is enlarged at its costal extremity, form- ing a distinct subtriangular costal spot, which in some specimens fuses with the reni- form. The margin is indicated by minute
transverse linear dashes. The fringes are concolorous. The transverse lines on the primaries are continued upon the seconda- ries, the fringes of which are slightly paler than on the upper side, tinged on their
inner margins with ochraceous. Both have a small discal dot. In the case of the
primaries this dot is in some specimens
reduplicated. The apex of the primaries is marked with a blackish shade punctuated
by a deep black subapical spot. Both
wings are crossed by curved transverse
median and transverse limbal lines, and
both have the marginal area marked with a few obscure brownish dots.
9.
The female closely resembles the male.
It is worthy of observation that on the under side the dark discal spots and the dark apical markings of the primaries are sometimes
replaced by whitish spots, a color variation, which is not unusual' in some genera of
noctuids. Expanse, 32 to 37 mm. Habitat
Valley of the Ogov6.
EUCAPNODES, gen. nov.
Palpi long, porrect, densely clothed with hairs; first joint long, extending beyond the front; second joint two-thirds the length of the first; third joint short, lanceolate, the hairs at its outer extremity widely diverging, giving it a fan-like shape. The antennae at the base are greatly swollen, the joints at their insertion forming a short peduncle heavily clothed with hairs, projecting from the vertex above the palpi,iin a conspicuous manner. The remaining three-fourths of
the antennae in the male are very finely ciliate. The primaries are subtriangular with the costa near its insertion incrassated on the lower side; convex before the apex. The inner margin is straight; the outer mar- gin evenly rounded. The secondaries are
suboval with the costa slightly convex, the outer and inner margin rounded, the inner margin slightly excised at the anal angle. The legs have the femora and tibiae very heavily clothed with- long and dense hair. The tibiae of the last pair are armed with long double terminal and median spurs*
The tarsi are short and naked.
I erect this genus for the reception of Cap- nodes sex-macdata, Walk. This species is generically very distinct from Capnodes, to which Walker assigned it, and may be at
once distinguished by the very peculiar for- mation of the palpi and antennae.
CAPNODES, Guen.
78. C, (?} Jiaemato'dssa, sp. nov. 3.
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at the insertion of each of the antennae. Collar dark rufous. Patagia and upper side of thorax red. Upper side of abdomen pale fuscous tipped with darker fuscous. Under side of thorax and abdomen pale luteous. Legs concolorous, the first and second pair with their anterior margins dark brown.
The prevalent color of the upper surface of the wing is bright red. The costa is uniformly bordered on the primaries with dark brown. There is a narrow basal line which is con- tinued along the costa and the inner margin fusing with a curved and denticulate sub- basal dark brown line, thus enclosing a large light red spot. Beyond the sub-basal line in the cell are two minute blackish dots. A broad median brown line crosses the wing from the costa to the inner margin, slanting outwardly. This is followed at the end of the cell by two minute black dots surrounded by an area of somewhat paler red than the body of the wing. From the costa a trans- verse limbal line runs with a regular outward curve as far as vein four, where it returns inwardly making a loop between veins three and four, and then with a broad and regular curve sweeps around to the inner margin. An irregular and very fine submarginal line extends across the wing from the costa
before the apex to the inner margin before the outer angle, coalescing with the transverse limbal line on veins three and four. The parts of the wing included between the limbal and submarginal line are lighter in color than the rest of the wing. The inner margin between the sub-basal line and the limbal line from the margin to vein one is clouded with fus- coils. The secondaries are clouded near the base and costa by pale fuscous. There is a small discal dot in the cell followed by an obscure transverse blackish line, succeeded by a transverse limbal line, which is sharply produced on veins three and four as upon the primaries. On the under side, the wings
are obscure ochraceous with the primaries shaded toward the apex with pale rosy-brown. The fringes are darker and the transverse lines of the upper surface reappear upon this side. Expanse, 32 mm.
79. C. nam, sp. nov. f.
Collar, thorax,
and abdomen on the upper side fulvous ; on the lower side, pale ochraceous. Legs con- colorous. The wings on the upper side are pale ferruginous clouded with darker
purplish-red lines and markings. The prim- aries are traversed by a curved basal and median line, the area between which is
darker than the rest of the wing. There is a minute discal dot in the cell; an obscure limbal band of purplish-brown, from which a ray or shade of the same color runs out- wardly in the region of the median nervules to the margin. There is a dark irregularly curved submarginal line and the margin is defined by fine transverse lines on the inter- spaces. The fringes are concolorous. The secondaries have the bands of the primaries continued upon them, and are slightly
lighter in color than the primaries. On the under side, both wings are pale yellowish with the outer margins broadly laved with pink. Expanse, 20 mm.
80. C. (?) sideriv, sp. nov. f. Head,
thorax, and abdomen on the upper side dark brown. On the lower side, the thorax and abdomen are pale fawn. The legs are con- colorous. The primaries on the upper side are rosy-brown, crossed by obscure and
diffuse sub-basal, median, and limbal bands of which the latter is the broadest. There are also at the end of the cell two pale ochreous spots pupilled with blackish. The secondaries are of the same color as the primaries and are crossed with very indis- tinct sub-basal and median bands of obscure brown. The latter band is accentuated on the nervules by minute light colored points, which are obscurely surrounded by darker brown. The margins of both primaries and secandaries are defined by a very fine evenly crenulate line. The fringes are a trifle darker than the body of the wing. On the



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under side, both wings are uniformly pale brown with a lilacine tint in certain lights. There is an obscure suggestion of an incom- plete transverse limbal line on the primaries. Expanse, 40 mm.
81. C. (?) acidalia, sp. nov. $. Body
pale cinereous. Legs whitish, the anterior margins of the tibiae of the first and second pair edged with brown. The primaries and secondaries are pale cinereous. They both have a minute blackish dot at the end of the cell. The primaries are crossed by a sub- basal and parallel limbal band, and have a triple series of very fine light brown sub- marginal waved markings. Just below the
costa before the apex are two minute blackish dots. The margin is defined by minute
blackish transverse dashes on the interspaces. The fringes are pale. The bands which
traverse the primaries are continued upon the secondaries and the margins are marked in the same way. On the under side, both wings are pale whitish. The transverse
lines of the primaries reappear, especially those forming the submarginal series. The secondaries have no transverse markings. Neither of the wings on the under side shows the discal dot in the cell, which appears on the upper surface.
Expanse, 22 mm.
I refer this species provisionally and with doubt to Capnodes.
SELENIS, Guen.
82. S. 'puncticosta, sp. nov. 3. Head,
collar, and patagia dark brown.
The upper
side of thorax and the tips of the patagia, hoary gray; the upper side of the abdo-
men fuscous; the lower side of thorax and abdomen pale fuscous. Legs slightly darker. The primaries are rich dark brown with a wide hoary gray costal band running from the base, where it touches the inner margin, almost to the apex. The band is toothed
about the end of the cell and there invades the dark brown outer portion of the wing. Along the costa is a series of five or six minute dots and at the toothed expansion of the costal band is an obscure reniform spot. The secondaries are uniformly pale brown with the costa stramineous, shining. The fringes are paler. On the under side, the primaries and secondaries are pale brown with the inner margin of the primaries laved with cinereous. There is a minute white
discal spot at the end of the cell in both wings, and the apex of the primaries is
marked with whitish. The secondaries are traversed by obscure and indistinct paler transverse median and limbal bands.
$.
The female does not differ materially
from the male, except that the broad costal band of gray is less conspicuous, its inner margin being obscurely defined, except near the base. Expanse, 3, 30 mm. ; $ , 34 mm. 83. 5. Iz'mbafa, sp. nov. 9. Head, and
collar brown; patagia brown edged with
grayish. The top of the thorax is grayish marked with a few blackish spots. The
upper side. of the abdomen is fuscous. The lower side of the thorax and abdomen is
pale fuscous. Legs concolorous. Pectus
dark brown. The primaries are marked
with a broad coppery-red triangular spot, the apex of which points to the apex of the wing, which it does not quite reach, the base of which rests on the inner margin, extend- ing for about one-third of the distance from the base to the outer angle. The costal
area above this coppery-brown spot is dark brown marbled with transverse parallel lines of pale rufous, which shade into bluish-white in immediate proximity to the large triangu- lar brown spot. The outer margin of this brown spot is defined by two nearly parallel chalky-white lines separated by a darker brown line, and beyond these lines on the outer margins are some dark cloudings.
Just below the apex on the outer margin is a yellowish spot. The coppery-red spot of
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the wing. The chalky-white lines, which
define the outer margin of the spot are also continued upon the secondaries, as are the marginal cloudings. On the under side,
both wings are obscure fuscous with the
costa of the primaries near the apex a trifle paler and marked with a few obscure whitish dots. There are faint suggestions on both wings of transverse limbal lines. Expanse, 33 mm-
MESTLETA, Walk.
84. M. flavicostata, sp. nov. 3. The
front deep black.
The collar black with its
inner margin bright yellow.
Patagia and
upper side of thorax and abdomen blackish- brown. Under side of the body paler,
inclining to whitish. The first pair of legs with the tibiae brown; the last two pairs whitish. The primaries on the upper side are very dark brown, inclining to blackish, especially at the base. The costa is bor- dered from the base almost to the apex by a uniform narrow border of pale yellow, upon which there is a faint suggestion of the presence of an obscure transverse median and transverse discal dark line, which are scarcely distinguishable upon the dark
ground of the wing. The secondaries are
uniformly dark blackish-brown. On the
under side, both wings are obscure fuscous with the costa of the primaries indistinctly margined with pale ochraceous. Expanse,
24 mm.
85. M. Uthina, sp. nov. 3.
Front fuscous.
Collar pale wood-brown. Patagia, thorax, and rnetathoracic end of abdomen whitish on the upper side. The upper side of the latter portion of the abdomen is chocolate- brown. The lower side of the thorax and
abdomen whitish. Legs concolorous. The
primaries and secondaries on the upper side are prevalently brown. Along the costa of the primaries is a broad whitish longitudinal band, which is continued across the base of the secondaries. This band covers the
greater portion of the cell at the extremity of which is a minute reniform spot. In the middle of the cell are a few small obscure olivaceous spots. The costa along the outer border is faintly laved with pale olivaceous. Just below the broad light colored band, which borders the costa, located on the
outer margin, is a semi-circular whitish spot interrupted by some minute darker spots. The wing is crossed by a very fine light discal transverse line, which runs from near the middle of the inner margin toward the costa as far as the edge of the white band, where it is sharply retracted, and terminates upon the middle of the costa. This line is continued upon the secondaries as a trans- verse median line. On the lower side. both wings are obscure pale fuscous : both have a pale discal dot at the end of the cell.
9. The female is much like the male.
Expanse, f and $, 20 mm.
86. M. discifascia, sp. nov. 3. Front
and collar pale chocolate-brown. Patagia, thorax, and metathoracic end of the abdomen chalky-white. The posterior portion of the abdomen on the upper side chocolate-brown. The lower side of the thorax and abdomen are very pale chocolate-brown. The legs
are concolorous. The costal tract of the primaries is marked by a broad chalky-white longitudinal band, extending from just before the apex to the inner margin, covering about one-third of its length from the base and continued across the base of the secondaries. This band is succeeded outwardly by a broad band of pale chocolate running from the
middle of the inner margin toward the apex, and terminating in a point near the origin of the median nervules. This band is con- tinued across the secondaries, covering the outer end of the cell and is defined on the secondaries by a fine sub-basal and somewhat irregularly curved transverse median line. This band is succeeded in the primaries by a paler area, which is likewise continued across



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the secondaries in the form of a pale limbal