278 GEORGE D. HULST. 



Species./- E. diversilineat um H ub. 

 E. populatam L. 

 E. testatum, L. 

 E. destinatum Moesch. 

 E. pnuiatum L. 

 f E. imbila tum Pack. 

 E. atrocoloratwn Grt. 

 E. explanatum Walk, (cunigerata Wlk.) 



26. JKEOL.EXIA n. gen. 

 Type xylina Hulst. 



Palpi long, porrect, or somewhat drooping, second segment long 

 haired ; tongue quite strong ; clypeus with a conical tuft ; antenna' 

 of % bipectinate ; thorax with dorsal tuft of hairs posteriorly. Legs 

 with all spurs present ; fore wings 12 veined, with two accessory cells 

 and with a strong pencil of hairs below near base of 1 b ; hind wings 

 8 veins, 4 and 5 separate, 6 and 7 separate, 8 joined with the cell 

 one-half its length. 



Species. — N. xylina Hulst, n. sp. 

 N. speciosa Hulst, n. sp. 



N. xylina n. sp. — Expands 38-40 mm. Palpi and head ocbreous fuscous; 

 antenuie fuscous, with a slight ochreous tinge ; thorax ocbreous. the post-dorsal 

 tuft yellowish. Abdomen buif on the sides, posteriorly somewhat reddish bri)wn ; 

 fore wings grayish and brown, the latter forming a broad band filling the basal 

 field about one-fourth of the length of wing along costa, with two or three rather 

 faint, darker, subparallel cross-lines included, the outer margin unevenly sinuate, 

 the most prominent bend, almost a dentation, being on cell ; this is followed by a 

 band of grayish considerably stained with brown, the outer edge being unevenly 

 sinuous, the strongest bend being at the submedian tiutwardly, then follows a 

 very broad brown band, broader at costa than on the inner margin with tAvo in- 

 cluded sinuate shade lines near middle, these showing with whitish along costa; 

 the outer edge of the band is unevenly sinuate, rounded inwardly below costa, 

 where it is edged outwardly with whitish, then rounded outwardly and strongly 

 at the middle and again below, then running straight to costa. the scallops being 

 divided by teeth at veins 2, 3 and 4, that at 4 being the least prominent ; beyond 

 the wing is grayish with brown tintings, with three black triangular spots, base 

 inward beyond the white lunul« beyond disc, and with a brownish subtriangular 

 spot on outer edge below apex ; marginal line black broken ; hind wings fuscous 

 gray, blackish lines showing on inner margin outwardly and fading into indis- 

 tinct dentate lines across the wing ; beneath ochreous gray, powdered with brown- 

 ish on the f()re wings, the outer part of the middle band and the outer subapical 

 spot showing; on hind wings a faint submarginal line dentate emphasized at the 

 points giving the appearance of a row of faint blackish spots. 



