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CATHEGESIS, gen. n. 
(xaGijynots =a leading.) 
Type: Cathegesis vinitincta Wlsm. 





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7. Cathegesis vinitincta Wilsm. @. 
J. H. Durrant, del. 
Antennae 2, simple; basal joint without pecten. Labial Palpi compressed, median joint thickened with 
smoothly appressed scales, terminal joint rather thick at base. Mawillary Palpi rudimentary. Haustellum 
well-developed, scaled throughout. Ocelli present. Head and Thorax smooth. forewings with costa 
deflexed, evenly rounded to ternus, apex not defined: newration 12 veins; 7 and 8 stalked, to costa; 2-6 
separate. Hindwengs 1, costa straight, apex rounded; termen scarcely sinuate beneath apex, thence 
evenly rounded; cilia 4-3: neuration 8 veins; 3 and 4 connate; 5 cubital; 6 and 7 truncate, 
Abdomen moderate. Legs, hind tibiae with rough hairs above. 
Nearest to Acompsia Hb. (=Brachycrossata Hnm. ; *Recurvaria Meyr.), but differing 
in HW: 3-4 being connate, not stalked; also in the peculiar rounded apex of the 
forewings. The genus reminds one of the Trichotaphe Clms. group of the genus 
Dichomeris Hb., with which it agrees fairly well in the form of the palpi, but it is 
at once distinguished by having FW: 2-3 separate, not stalked. The terminal joint of 
the palpi is shorter than the median in vinitincta, but slightly longer in tridentella. 
1. Cathegesis vinitincta, sp. n. 
Antennae tawny fuscous, annulate with pale ochreous. Palpi tawny fuscous, the terminal joint shorter than 
the median, its upper half pale ochreous. Head shining, cinereous. Thorax tawny greyish fuscous. 
Forewings shining, tawny greyish fuscous, with a broad semicircular chocolate-brown dorsal patch 
reaching from near the base to near the middle, its upper third crossing the fold; an elongate chocolate- 
brown streak from the outer end of the cell nearly reaching the termen below the apex ; the apex itself 
is rounded, but the form of the tawny brownish cilia above it gives the depressed costa a strongly 
angulate appearance before it; a pale cinereous line runs around the base of the tawny greyish 
terminal cilia. Hap. al.16 mm. Hindwings wider than the forewings ; bronzy brown; cilia greyish 
brown. Abdomen bronzy brownish. Legs bronzy brownish, the femora and tibiae to the first pair 
of spurs whitish cinereous ; some indistinct pale spots on the tarsi. 
Type 2 (65718, Cerro Zunil) Mus. W1sm. (Godm-Salv. Coll.). [PT. (65719) US. Nat. Mus. ] 
Hab. Mexico: vera cruz: Atoyac, IV. (H. H. Smith)—Guatemata: Cerro Zunil, 
4000-5000 ft. (G@. C. Champion). Two specimens. 
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