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Genus PHYSULODES Warren. 



Physulodes Warren, Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond., 1889, p. 242. 



Male. — Palpi upcurved, slender; second joint with a few longer hairs 

 behind near tip; third joint half the length of second. Antennae pu- 

 bescent ciliate with a small tuft of hairs at two-thirds from base. Legs 

 smooth; fore tibiae with tuft of long hairs. Fore wings: Apex acute; 

 outer margin rounded; medial space underneath densely clothed 

 with hair; cell long; angles rounded; veins 3, 4, 5 equally apart; 

 6 and 7 apart; 8, 9, 10 stalked; 11 free. Hind wings: Veins 3 and 4, 

 and 6 and 7 stalked; 5 slightly above angle. 



Type of genus. — Physida eujnthecialis Guenee.^ 



Genus THURSANIA Sehaus. 

 Thursania Schaus, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 8, vol. 11, 1913, p. 14. 



Male. — Palpi upcurved; third jomt shorter than second, moder- 

 ately scaled. Antennae pubescent ciliate; a raised tuft on upper side 

 of shaft. Fore tibiae with process. Fore wings: Vein 3 before lower 

 angle; 4 and 5 from lower angle; 6 below upper angle; 7 from upper 

 angle; 8, 9, 10 stalked; 11 free. Hind wings: Veins 3 and 4 and 6 

 and 7 on short stalk; 5 near lower angle. 



Type of genus. — Thursania decocta Schaus. 



Thursania is possibly equal to Berocynta Moschler,^ the type of 

 which, B. simplex, is a female and is unkno^vn to me. 



The genus also contains: 



Thursania costigutta (Physula) Herrich-Schaffer, Corr.-Blatt. Re- 

 gensburg, 1870, p. 107. 



Thursania lycimnia (Theotinus) Drucc, Biol. Centr. Amer., Het., 

 vol. 1, 1891, p. 460, pi. 38, fig. 2. 



Thursania lycas (Bertula) Druce, Biol. Centr. Amer., Het., vol. 1, 

 1891, p. 476, pi. 39, figs. 20, 20a. 



Thursania ordenalis (Renia) Schaus, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 30, 

 1906, p. 127. 



Thursania servilis Schaus, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 8, vol. 11, 

 1913, p. 14. 



Thursania mallalialis Dognin, Het. Amer. Sud, fasc. 8, 1914, p. 59. 



Bocana marpesia Druce, Biol. Centr. Amer., Het., vol. 1, 1891, 

 p. 479, pi. 40, fig. 4, female, probably belongs to this genus. 



THURSANIA ARISTARIOIDES, new species. 



Male. — Head and thorax reddish brown. Abdomen fuscous brown. 

 Fore wings ocherous brown; a basal and a subbasal broader darker 

 brown shade; a fine antemedial line black brown, followed by a white 



I Delt. et Pyral., 1851, p. 87. ^ Lep. Jamaica, ISSfi, p. 61. 



