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der. Palpi porrect. hardly reaching the front; second joint pilose 

 beneath ; and they are .somewhat obtuse, since the hairs on the second 

 joint reach to the end of the third, which is distinct, short and some- 

 what pointed. 



Thorax smooth not pointed ; primaries a little less than one-half as 

 broad as long ; costa nearly straight, bent downwards more than usual 

 at the apex. 2nd subcostal nervule anastomoses with the third by a 

 short branch, so that the intercostal area is a long linear produced 

 rhomboid. 



Secondaries reach but little beyond the basal half of the abdomen; 

 costa full at the base, thence nearly straight to the rounded apex. Outer 

 margin regularly rounded, slightly angulated in the middle. Costal 

 nervure runs very nearly parallel to the subcostal, diverging at the 

 discal nervules. Legs short, femora and tibiae densely pilose, the scales of 

 the hind tibiae especially long and spreading. Abdomen of the % with 

 a bifid tuft, and also slight lateral tufts, while the tip in the female 

 forms a smooth cone, which suddenly tapers and bends downwards from 

 the rest of the abdomen. 



This genus differs from Schlzura Doubleday, by its shorter palpi, 

 its more obtuse apex of the fore-wings, and the shorter and more 

 rounded hind-wings. The species are of smaller size and have no pro- 

 minent style of coloration, except that they are usually cinnamon 

 brown, with a marginal row of brown spots. 



(Edemasia concinna. 



Phaloctia concinna Smith, X. H. Lep. Ga. p. 109. Tab. 85. (1797;. 

 Notodonta concinna Harris, Rt. Ins. Mass. p. 309. (1841). 



Third edit. PI. vi. fig. 11. (1862). 

 Edema concinna Walk., List. Lep. Br. Mus. V. (1855). 

 Notodonta concinna Fitch, Third Rt. Ins. New York, 342. (1856). 

 Edema cincinna Morris, Synopsis Lep. N. Amer. p. 242. (1862). 

 " Georgia." (Harris Coll.) Mass. (Sanborn.) 



(Edemasia nitida n. sp. 



% . Head and thorax cinereous. Primaries very pale tawny in the 

 middle between the cinereous costa and the brown inner margin. x\t 

 the base along the median nervure is a dark streak. There are three 

 dark spots on the costo-apical margin, another faint linear minute streak 

 in the apical interspace. In the two spaces below are two faint linear 

 long light lines parallel to the nervules. A minute discal dot is suc- 



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