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bnuiclu's of the sulK'osld vein, otherwise it is much the same; tiie first three 

 siilKosfal branches are. however, shorter and of equal length. The anterior 

 (ii.-^cal vein is directed obliciuely outward in a line with tiie poslcrior discal, 

 while in Ematurga it is curved inward. The subcostal areole is alike in tiie 

 two genera. Hind legs rather slender, the tarsi very lung and slender, equal- 

 in'' the tibia^ in length. Coloration somewhat as in Ematurga, but the fore 

 win<^s tino-ed with ochreous aliove, and beneath bright orange, and the hind 

 wings bright orange, but beneath ashy-brown, with two black distinct bands 

 common to the two wings. This interesting genus is remarkable for its long 

 hairy palpi, well pectinated antennas and bright colors, and differs from 

 Ematurga, its nearest ally, in these characters and the jjresence of an addi- 

 tional subcostal venule. It seems to differ generically from Fidonia famula 

 Esper, to which it seems related by its style of coloration, judging by Dupon- 

 chel's figures. 



Dasyfidonia avunculakia Packard. Plate 9, fig. 49. 



Fidmtia aviiiiailarin Ciiien., Pb.al., ii, l.'>5, 1857. 



1 (? and 3 9. — Body very hairy. Male antennae with hnig pectinations ; 

 palpi very large and hairy, projecting farther beyond the front than the 

 length of the head. Body blackish; fore wings ochreous-orange as a ground- 

 color, Init frosted heavily with white and discolored with black. Three 

 heavy black lines, the basal not oblique, bent outward on tiie suiicostal vein, 

 with a large angle directed inward on the submedian space and outward on 

 the internal vein. A diffuse middle line, much waved, double in the middle . 

 of the wing, the outer portion of the hne running through the large (often 

 indistinct) discal spot. The outer line is very sinuons ; it is bent outward 

 at right angles on the independent vein (the angle varying in sharpness), and 

 is curved outward below the third median venule. A snbmarginal while 

 shade, slightly sinuous, and well marked on the costa and inner edge of tin; 

 wing. (This shade is sometimes entirely wanting.) The edge of the wing, 

 especially toward the costa, is dark. Fringe l)lackish, checkered with white; 

 on liind wings, white with black checks. Hind wings deep orange, more or 

 less striga ted with l)laek, es|)ecially on the inner edge; outer edge of the 

 wing bordered with black, with a whitish patch at the inner angle. The 

 wings are crossed by two heavy dark hues, the inner sinuous, the outer mak- 

 ing a well-marked angle on the independent vein. A ('onspicuous l)lack 



