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very stout, while those of Aspilates are long and slender: thev do not extend 

 so far beyond the front as in Aspilates; the third joint is short and thick ; the 

 male antennae are heavily pectinated, much as in Aspilates. The wings are 

 longer and narrower; fore wings with the costa straight, becoming rounded 

 at the apex, with the outer edge short, less oblique than in Aspilates. Hind 

 wings much produced toward the well-rounded apex, the outer edge long 

 and decidedly sinuous, not reaching to the end of the abdomen, which is 

 long and slender. 



This genus is well marked and intermediate in some respects between 

 Aspilates and Chloraspilates. It may be recognized by the stout, broad palpi 

 and narrow wings, the hinder pair being somewhat sinuous on the outer edge. 



Stenaspilates Meskaria, sp. nov. Plate 1'6. 



1 <?. — Body and wings grayish-brown, with a faint olivaceous tint. Fore 

 .wings with a basal shade crossing the wing, curved broadly outward opposite 

 the large, white, oblong, conspicuous, discal spot. The outer line is white, 

 linear, shaded broadly within with dark brown, especially toward the inner 

 edge of the wing ; the line is parallel with the outer edge of the wing on 

 the costal half, but posteriorly curves inward slightly and then makes a sud- 

 den curve outward, ending on the outer third of the inner edge of the wing. 

 Beyond this line, the wing is clearer, with a few dark patches, and a submar- 

 ginal, broad, light shade, disappearing before reaching the costa. but ending 

 distinctly on the inner angle of the wing. The hind wings are concolorous 

 with the anterior pair, but are slightly clearer, with transverse dark strigae 

 and two parallel dark lines, of which the inner is the more distinct. Beyond 

 this the margin of the wing is clouded, and below the middle of the inner 

 edge are two or three black dots. Beneath, the wings are lighter, clearer than 

 above, with faint traces of the extradiscal line on the fore wings, while on 

 the hind wings, besides the two short, dark, diffuse lines, is a large, black, 

 broken, discal spot. 



Length of body, <? , 0.55; fore wing, S, 0.55; expanse of wings, 1.06 

 inches. 



Texas ; collection of Mr. Meske, to whom the species is dedicated. 



