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short, simple in the female. Proboscis moderate, spirally rolled. Palpi slen- 

 der, nearly horizontal, extending a little beyond the clypeus, covered with 

 loose hairs so as to conceal the joints. Wings short, somewhat triangular, 

 with the outer margins rounded ; discal areolet of the hind wings short, closed 

 by a sinuous vein. Body slender, hairy at the tip. Legs short, hairy ; spurs 

 of the hind tibiae three, slender, nearly concealed by the hairs. 



*P. E p i m e n i s , Drury. " Brownish black. Fore wings sprinkled in spots 

 with light blue scales, which form a narrow band near the hinder margin, and 

 marked with a large yellowish white patch beyond the middle. Hind wings 

 with a broad dark orange-red band behind the middle. The white spot of the 

 fore wings is indented towards the middle of the wing, and on the under side 

 there is a small triangular spot near the base of the wing, and a short trans- 

 verse one beyond it which unites behind with the angular projection of the 

 large white patch. Expands rather more than one inch." 



Cosmosoma, Hiibner. 



Wings mostly hyaline. The subcostal vein of the fore wings is adjacent to 

 the external margin, with a single nervule from the disk arising at a point 

 midway between the medio posterior branch and its penultimate. The apical 

 branch beyond its middle sends off the post-apical nervule and near its tip an 

 apical nervulet to the costa. Median vein 4-branched. Hind wings about 

 half as long as the fore wings ; without costal vein ; subcostal bifid from the 

 origin of the discal vein, which is very obliquely inclined towards the base 

 and curved above the median where it receives the discal fold. Median vein 

 bijid exterior to the disk, with the lower branch furcate at its tip. 



Head moderate, smooth, neck not distinct ; with ocelli. Face moderate, 

 smooth, vertical. Eyes moderately prominent. Antennae rather more than 

 one half as long as the body, pectinated to the tips in the <j\ less so in the $ . 

 Palpi rather stout, curved, exceeding the face, smooth, but hairy at the base ; 

 basal and middle joints nearly equal ; terminal small and conical. Tongue 

 equal to the thorax beneath. 



Body scarcely equal to the fore wings in length, rather slender, nearly linear. 

 Patagia small. Legs moderately stout, smooth ; fore tibia? with a moderate, 

 concealed spur from the base ; hind tibiae with four rather small spurs. 



C. Omphale, Hiibner. Bright red. Antennae black, with white tips. 

 Head blue. Thorax most frequently striped with black. Abdomen with a 

 black dorsal stripe, and the tip black, varied with blue. Wings margined with 

 black and with black veins. 



Fla., Mexico, near Jalapa. 



Ormetica. 



Wings opaque. Fore wings rather narrow, equal in length to that of the 

 body ; hind margin very obliquely rounded, with the inner angle opposite the 

 middle of the costa. The subcostal vein is adjacent to the costa, and gives 

 rise to a marginal nervule from the disk nearly opposite the penultimate 

 branch of the median vein, and another exterior but near to the disk. The 

 post-apical arises just exterior to the second marginal nervule, and the apical 

 is bifid at its posterior third. The discal vein and the subcosto-inferior arise 

 at a common point, the former very obliquely inclined to the base, but straight. 

 The median is 4-branched. Hind wings extremely short, not one half as long 

 as the anterior ; without costal vein ; subcostal vein arched, with a marginal 

 nervule from the point of origin of the discal, and bifid at the tip much exte- 

 rior to the cell. Discal vein vertical. Median 3-branched. 



Head rather large, smooth, free ; with small ocelli. Face tapering, smooth, 

 vertical. Eyes rather large, prominent. Antenna wanting. Palpi curved, 

 cylindrical, ascending to the middle of the front, stout, smooth ; basal joint 



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