PROCLESIS. . 83 
PROCLESIS, gen. n. 
(xpoxX\nots=a, calling forth.) 
Type: Proclesis xanthoselene Wlsm. (Tab, III. fig. 4.) 

in 
KS 
SS 
Cy 
2 
20. Proclesis xanthoselene Wism. 9. 
ay 

J. H. Currant, del. 
Antennae 3, without pecten. Labial Palpi long, recurved, smooth; the median joint only slightly thicker 
than the shorter terminal. Mawillary Palpi distinct. Haustellum very long, scaled at base. Ocelli 
absent. Head and Thorax smooth. Forewings elongate, with parallel margins, apex produced, pointed ; 
termen oblique, scarcely sinuate, tornus obtuse: neuration 12 veins; 9 out of stalk of 7-8, 7 to costa; 
rest separate, 5-6 remote; 2 as near to 3.as 5 isto 4; 1 basally furcate. MHindwings trapezoidal, apex 
pointed, termen oblique and slightly sinuate; cilia#: newration 7 veins, 5 obsolete; 3-4 stalked; 
6-7 stalked; discoidal obsolete above media; 11 connecting radius to 12. Abdomen smooth. Legs: 
hind tibiae hairy. 
Closely related to Deoclona Busck, with which it agrees in the peculiar neuration 
of the hindwings, but differing in the shape of the forewings, and in FW: 9 arising 
from the stalk of 7-8, instead of being separate ; the terminal joint of the palpi also 
is longer than in Deoclona. 
1. Proclesis xanthoselene, sp.n. (Tab. 111. fig. 4.) 
Antennae pale ochreous. Palpi pale ochreous, tinged with brown on their inner sides ; entirely suffused with 
brown externally. Head and Thorax ochreous. Forewings brownish ochreous, thickly overlaid 
with minute steel-blue scales, giving an oily sheen to the wing-surface, especially along the margins ; 
this steel-blue sheen becomes intensified gradually outwards, until it forms, in some lights, a clear 
steel-blue patch adjacent to the apex and termen, produced outward at the apex and tornus through the 
cilia and enclosing a semilunate terminal patch of bright yellow-ochreous, covering a small portion of 
the termen and including all the terminal cilia, except at the angles; a patch of bluish sealing at the 
end of the cell shows a tendency to divide into two spots, and is preceded by a similar patch at about 
one-third the length of the cell. wp. al. 18-20 mm. Hindwings shining, coppery yellowish; cilia 
almost golden yellow. Abdomen brownish ochreous, with a few steely scales on some segments. Legs 
ochreous. 
Type Q (67982, Bartica) Mus. 
Hab. AMERICA, C-S. Central America — PANAMA: CANAL ZONE: ‘Tabernilla, 
VI. 1907 (A. Busck). South America — BrivisH GUIANA: Bartica, 5-8. VI. 1901 
(H. 8. Parish). Three specimens. 
Wlsm. BM. [P7. (5788 Wlsm. Det. 1908) Tabernilla, US. Nat. Mus.] 
mm 2 
