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97. SNOWIA Neum. 

 Pap. iv, 95, 1884. 



Type montannria Neum. 



Palpi rather short, porrect, long haired below ; tongue developed ; 

 front haired, somewhat tufted ; antennse bipectinate in % , pectina- 

 tions short, clavate, apex simple ; thorax densely hairy above and 

 below, with long subdorsal hair tufts above from underneath patagise ; 

 abdomen smooth ; hind tibise swollen, with hair pencil in % , with 

 two pairs of spurs in both sexes ; wings rounded, even, fore wings 

 without fovea at base in % , 12 veins, 10 on 9, 11 on cell ; hind wings 

 all veins separate, 5 undeveloped, 8 separate from cell. 

 Species. — S. montanaria Neum. 



98. STENASPILATES Pack. 

 Geom. Moths, 211, 1876. 



Type meskearia Pack. 



Palpi moderate, porrect, very heavily scaled ; tongue developed ; 

 front scaled, not tufted ; antennae bipectinate in % , filiform in 9 ; 

 thorax very heavily and loosely scaled with a dorsal crest and with 

 a low, but heavy posterior tufting of scales ; abdomen loosely scaled ; 

 hind tibiae without hair pencil, slightly swollen in both sexes, with 

 two pairs of spurs ; fore wings outer edge sinuate, more excised below 

 vein 3, the sinuations all more decided in 9 , without fovea at base 

 in S , 12 veins, 5 nearer 6 than 4, 6 separate, 10 and 11 from cell; 

 hind wings more deeply sinuate, especially in 9 , all veins separate, 

 5 undeveloped, 8 separate from cell. 



Species : — 

 S. zalissaria Walk. S. muricolor Hulst, n. sp. 



S. radiosaria Hulst. S. meskearia Pack. 



S. muricolor n. sp. — Expands 34 mm. Much in general markings like S. 



meskearia Pack., but the wings are broader, more even, and the color is a bluish 



gray or mouse color, darkening on middle iield within outer line to blackish 



olive ; discal spots white, of raised scales. In form and general appearance it 



■ looks like a bluish gray form of AzeJina peplaria Hiib. 



San Antonio, Texas, from Mr. Rautenberg. 



99. 9IAR9IAREA n. gen. 

 Type occidentalw Hulst. 



Palpi moderate, subascending, stout, densely haired ; tongue 

 strong ; front densely haired, tufted ; antennae of S stout, heavy, 

 dentate, somewhat lamellate, flattened, of 9 filiform ; thorax densely 

 long haired, rising into a longitudinal dorsal crest, long densely hairv 

 below ; abdomen rough scaled ; femora hairy, hind tibiae not swollen, 

 without hair pencil, with all spurs ; fore wings without fovea below, 



TRANS. AM. KNT. SOC. XXIII. SEPTEiMBER, 1896. 



