340 GEORGE D. HUL8T. 



24. AP.-ECASIA n. gen. 

 Type detersata Gueu. 



Palpi moderate, subascending, rather stout, long scaled below ; 

 froDt with scale tuft; tongue developed; antennse of .% slightly 

 flattened, filiform, finely and shortly eiliate ; thorax and abdomen 

 loose scaled ; legs smooth, swollen, without hair pencil iu % , with 

 two pairs of spurs in both sexes ; fore wings rounded, even, without 

 fovea in S at base, 12 veins, 10 and 11 from cell; hind wings, all 

 veins separate, 5 undeveloped, 8 separate from cell. 



Species : — 

 A. detersata Guen. A. extremaria Wlk. 



A. deflnata Wlk. A. bifilata Hulst. 



A. deductarla Walk. 



25. CATOPYRRHA Hub. 

 Verz. 300. 1818. 



Type colorarin Fah. 



Palpi long, subascending, beak like, end member horizontal, the 

 whole rather heavily scaled, front with strong conical tuft ; tongue 

 developed ; anteunee strongly bipectinate in % , almost to apex ; 

 thorax anteriorly long hairy ; abdomen rather loose scaled ; thorax 

 woolly hairy below ; legs smooth, rather long, not swollen, without 

 hair pencil, and with two pairs of spurs in both sexes; wings 

 I'ounded, even ; fore wings 12 veins, without fovea at base in S ,' 

 10 on 9, 11 from cell; hind wings with fovea beneath at base 

 between vein 8 and cell ; 5 undeveloped ; 8 separate from cell. 

 Species. — C. ferraginosai'ia Pack. 

 C. colordrla Fab. 



C coloraria. var. perolivata. n. var. — Of the size and markings of the 

 type form, hut ahove of a l)eautiful olive-green, evenly spread over the whole 

 surface of both wings; beneath a bright clear yellow on all wings from base to 

 outer line, beyond that the yellow more or less overlaid with dark reddish and 

 jiurple. 



Texas, from Mr. Rautenberg. A most striking and beautiful 

 insect, both above and below. 



2(i. EIJEWERA n. gen. 



Type jiituruarid ( ruen. 

 Palpi very long, beak like, heavily s(;aled on first and second 

 members, subascending, end member sliarp, horizontal ; tongue de- 

 veloped ; front with a conical hair tuft; anteniue bipectinate in %, 

 apex simj)le ; thorax and alxloinen liairy scaled; legs long; hind 



