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Female. Brown. Head hardly tuberculaie. Eyes round, promineut. 

 Anteniiffi stout. Disk of the prothorax flat, tuberculaie, wider towards the 

 hind border, which is slightly rounded ; lore border siraight ; lateral keels 

 sharply defined. Abdouieu with five dorsal cresis. Oviduct curved, 

 serrated towards the tip, about half the length of the abdomen. -Legs 

 stout; feinora with foliaceous spines beneath ; four anterior tibiae dilated ; 

 hind tibiae slightly dilated near the base. Wings broad. Fore wings 

 reticulated, longer by four lines than the hind wings, with a few irregular 

 clusters of pellucid vitreous points; space in front of the scapular and 

 exlerno-medial hardly narrower than that behind it; primary veins 

 connected with these two veins few, irregular ; secondary areolets nume- 

 rous ; cosUi nearly straight, slightly truncated, rounded on the exterior part 

 and slanting very abruptly to the acute tip ; exterior border deeply notched. 

 Hind wings very pale ochraceous ; veins brown ; some of the areolets irre- 

 gular. Length of the body 12 lines; expansion of the fore wings 32 lines. 



The prothorax is longer and less widened hindward than that of 

 T. truncalifolia, and the shape of the fore wings is different. 



a. Nanta, Amazon Region. From M. Degand's collection. 



4. Typophyllum truncatifolia. 



Foem. Obscure fuscum ; caput tuberculatum ; antenna robustce ; pro-- 

 thoracis discus planus, tuberculatus, postice latescens ; abdomen 

 quadricristatum ; oviductus abdomine brevior, subtus apicem versus 

 et supra serratus ; femora, foliaceo spinosa ; alee anticce apice acutce, 

 maculis punctisque paucis diaphanis, costa subrotundata subincisa, 

 margine exteriore subexcavato, margine interiore apicem versus exca- 

 vate ; alcB posticcc breviores, pallide ocliracece. 



Female. Dark brown, rather stout. Head and prothorax tuberculate. 

 Eyes round, prominent. Antenna stout. Disk of the prothorax flat, with 

 two transverse impressed lines ; fore border siraight ; hind border rounded ; 

 lateral keels sharply defined. Abdomen with four dorsal cresis. Oviduct 

 curved, rather shorter than the abdomen, serrated above and towards the 

 tip beneath. Legs stout; femora with foliaceous spines beneath; four 

 anterior tibiae slighlly dilated ; hind tibiae much dilated near the base. 

 Wings broad. Fore wings longer by five lines than the hind wings, with 

 a few pale vitreous spots and points in the disk ; primary veins and areolets 

 few, irregular; secondary areoleis numerous; costa irregularly rounded, 

 slightly notched; tips acute; exterior border slightly excavated ; interior 

 border excavated in ihe outer part. Hind wings pale ochraceous ; veins 

 lawny ; areolets mostly irregular. Length of the body 12 lines; expansion 

 of the fore wings 32 lines. 



a. Napo River, South America. From Mr. Stevens' collection. 



5. TVPOPHYLLUM MUTILATUM. 



Mas. Ferrugineum, sat gracile ; caput vix tuberculatum ; antenncE 

 graciles, longissimte ; prothoraeis discus planus, tuberculatus, postice 



