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brown lines; llic inner line ))ogins consi(leral)ly within the middle of the 

 costa, and cnrves ouhvard (the curve very deep), and ends in a large, dark, 

 lAAouii paU-ii just iieyond the middle of tlie inner edge. The outer line is 

 mneh less eurvcd, and is situated midway between the inner line and the outer 

 edf^e. The deep, regularly rounded, subapical sinus is bordered with brown, 

 and there is a short, brown, linear, transverse streak on the inner edge, mid- 

 way between the inner angle and the black patch. Hind wings with two 

 line, brown, parallel lines, both bent at a right angle in the middle of the 

 wing. A l)lack dot at the base of tlie third point. Beneath, clear ochreous, 

 paler than above, with no markings except fine scattered strigse. 



Length of body, J, 0.25, 9, 0.25; of fore wing, ^, 0.38, 9, 38; 

 expanse of wings, 0.75 inch. 



West Farms, N. Y. (Angus, Mus. Peab. Acad. Sc); Demopolis, Ala. 

 (Grote). 



This singular moth, with the peculiar cut of the wing, is so unlike any 

 other that it will be easily recognized. 



CALLIZZIA, mr. gen. 



liody short ami thick; head short, very broad, much as in CaUedapteryx, 



but the front is much In'oader. Male antenn;x' simple, a little compressed, 



lincly ciliated. Palpi as in CaUcchpterijx. Fore wings entire, subfalcate, 



but the costal edge much arched, the apex being much rounded; outer edge 



obfuiue, l)ut entire, with a faint angle in tlie middle. Hind wings with a 



deep hollow in the outer edge, armed with three unequal acute teeth, the 



middle tooth being smaller than the others and situated near the middle ot 



the hollow. The teeth are much smaller than in CaUedapknjx, and the inner 



angle is less rectangular. Venation : three very long su1)Costal veins arising 



near the inner fourth of the wing, as in CaUedaptcnj.r, the third sulidividing, 



ibrming a short apical fork. The tifth subcostal venule is thrown oH' on the 



inner third of the sixth subcostal; while in Cn/M(q)trri/.r it arises in the 



middle. The internal vein is as straight as usual. Alxlomen short and thick. 



Hind legs short and thick; liliiic swollen, with large unequal spurs; tarsi 



two-thirds as long as the tibiae. 



The single species known is pearl-gray, gaily marked with dark, distinct 

 lines. 



This beautiful genus nuiy be recognized l)y the broad, short head, the 



