THALESA. — XA X\0 DOT A . L'( i7 



*] \7'2a. Thalesa amaxiaeformis. (Plate hill. fig. 14.) 

 Halisidota amaxiseformis, Roths. Nov. Zool. xvii. p. 68 (1910). 



6 . Head and thorax yellow slightly tinged with rufous ; abdomen • 

 pale yellow. Fore wing yellow slightly tinged with rufous, some 

 rufous on inner area except towards base; an antemedial series ol 

 spots defined by rufous, with spots before them below costa and cell ; 

 a series of spots in and below end of cell ; a postmedial series of 

 spots, oblique below vein 5 ; a subterminal series of more lunulate 

 spots with a black point at discal fold ; a erenulate rufous line just 

 before terinen. Hind wing yellowish white. 



Hob. Ecuador, R. Cayapas I Flemming Sf Miquetta), type t 

 d in Coll. Rothschild. Exp. 81 mi Hi m. 



Genus NANN0D0TA. ^ 



Type. 



Nannodota, Hmpsn. A. M. N. H. (S) viii. p. 407 (1911) minuta. 



Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, reaching- to about middle of 

 frons ; antenna? of male bipectinate with moderate branches ; fore tibia? 

 fringed with long hair ; hind tibia? with two pairs of spurs. Fore wing long 

 ami narrow, the apex rather produced and acute, the termen obliquely 

 curved ; vein 3 from angle of cell ; 4, 5 strongly stalked : 6 from upper angle ; 

 7, 8, 9, 10 stalked; 11 from cell. Hind wing with veins 3, 4, 5 stalked; 

 8 absent. 



In key differs from Diospage and Psychophasma in the hind wing having 

 veins 3, 4, 5 stalked. 



*1472 h. Nannodota minuta. 



Halisidota minuta, Roths. Nov. Zool. xvii. p. 67, pi. 13. f. 16 (1910). 



c? . Head and thorax ochreous yellow mixed with some brown ; 

 palpi dark brown behind; tarsi brown at extremities; abdomen 

 pale ochreous yellow. Fore wing ochreous yellow sparsely irrorated 

 with brown ; traces of a double oblique subbasal dark brown line 

 from costa to just below the cell ; an indistinct double antemedial 

 line, slightly angled at median nervure, then oblique ; an ill-defined 



Fig. 79. — Nannodota minuta, J. J-. 



double medial line, bent inwards above inner margin ; an ill- 

 defined double postmedial line, oblique and forming obscure lunulate 

 spots below vein 4; a subterminal series of irregular lunulate spots 

 with a blackish mark before the spot above inner margin ; slight 

 brown marks at the extremities of the veins ; cilia brown. Hind 

 wing pale yellow. 



1 1 nh. Peru, Carabaya, La Oroya, type t $ in Coll. Rothschild. 

 Exp. 26 millim. 



