Jibout the tij); under side witli the 1st spot connected with tlie 

 2ud, and the .3rd with the 4th. Hind wings luteous, with a broad 

 black border, wliieh is undulating on its inner side; fringe pale 

 luteous at the tip, white at the tip on the under side, where there 

 is a little luteous streak in the hind part of the black border. 

 Length of the body 8 lines; of the fore wings 25 lines. See 

 Plate V, Fig. 1. 



5. Nyctemera simplex. Fiem. Alba, gracilis, capite nigro albo- 

 univittato; palpis nigricantil^us porrectis articulo 3° lineari; 

 antennis nigris setulosis; thorace margine antico luteo plagis 

 quatuor vittaque postica nigris; abdomine guttis dorsalibus nigris, 

 apice luteo; alis semihyalinis fusco marginatis; alis anticis mar- 

 gine fusco lato antice valde dilutato; alis posticis margine fusco sat 

 angusto antice latiore postice intus latiore. 



Female. White, slender. Head black, with a white stripe. 

 Proboscis tawny. Palpi blackish, porrect, slender, extending 

 somewhat beyond the head; 3rd joint linear, a little shoi'ter than 

 the 2nd. Antenna? black, slender, minutely setulose. Thorax 

 Avith a luteous fore border; discs of the four tegulse black; a black 

 stripe on the hind pai't. Abdomen not extending beyond the 

 land wings, with a dorsal row of black dots; tip luteous. Legs 

 smooth, very slender; spurs very short. Wings semihyaline, 

 bordered with Ijrown along the exterior border. Fore wings with 

 the brown hue occupying more than one-third of the surface, 

 much dilated in front. Hind wings with the brown hue much 

 narrower, broadest in front, undulating along the inner side of 

 its hind part. Length of the body 6 lines; of the wings 18 lines. 



G. Nyctemera decisa. Mas. Nigra; capite plaga antica alba; 

 palpis porrectis subtus ochraceis articuh), 3° parvo acuto; antennis 

 pectinatis apice serratis; thorace et abdomine nigricante cinereis, 

 illius margine antico ochraceo; pectore ochraceo bivittato; ventre 

 A'ittis dual)us macularibus albis; alis anticis striga longitudinali 

 latissima strigaque exteriorc; lata ol)li(|ua alibis; alis posticis albis 

 margine lato strigaque lauceolata apud augulum intoriorum nigris, 

 fimbria apice alba. 



Male. Black. Head with a white patch on the front. Proboscis 

 piceous. Palpi porrect, ochraceous beneath, extending a little 

 beyond the head; 3d joint acute, miiuite. Antennte moderately 



