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PSYCHE. 



[Februiiry 1S94. 



lunulate discal mark at the end of the cell. 

 Expanse, 30-34 tiim. 



Symplusia, gen. nov. 



Allied to Deva, Walk. Palpi as in Deva. 

 The antennae of the male are slightly setose 

 on the basal two-thirds; the antennae of the 

 female are simple. The abdomen is one- 

 third longer than the posterior margin of the 

 hind-wing in the male and slightly tufted 

 with hairs. The abdomen of the female is 

 stouterand somewhatshorter. The primaries 

 are subtriangular with the outer margin 

 slightly produced at the end of vein 4; the 

 posterior margin is shorter than the costal 

 margin. The secondaries are subovate with 

 the costal margin nearly straight, and but 



Neuration of S. frequens, HoU. <^, i. 



slightly bowed above the cell, with the outer 

 margin rounded, very lightly scalloped 

 between the tips of the nervules, and the 

 inner margin slightly curved and somewhat 

 deeply excavated at the anal angle. In the 

 primaries the discocellulars form an irregular 

 zigzag with three points from the two outer- 

 most of which veins 5 and 6 are given forth. 

 On the under side the discocellulars are 

 thickened downwardly and form with the 

 slightly raised parenchyma at the end of the 



cell a cup-shaped depression as the wing is 

 viewed from the under side. Vein 7 is 

 emitted from the upper angle of the cell; 

 veins S and 9 arise from a common stalk, 

 which is emitted from 7 one-third of the dis- 

 tance from the end of the cell. A short bar 

 joins veins 7 and 10 just beyond the upper 

 angle of the cell. In the secondaries vein 5 

 is nearer vein 4 than vein 6, which with vein 

 7 springs from the upper angle of the cell. 

 The tibiae are armed with double median and 

 double terminal spurs. Type 5. frequens^ 

 Holland. 



12. 5. frequens, sp. nov. (J. Palpi, 

 front and collar luteous; the upper side of 

 the abdomen and thorax fuscous; lower side 

 of abdomen and thorax paler. Tibiae reddish- 

 ochraceous; the remaining portions of the 

 legs pale fuscous. The primaries are fuscous, 

 crossed diagonally about the middle with a 

 dark shade bordered externally by a pale lila- 

 cine shade, which is followed on the outer 

 one-third by a darker brownish shade, which 

 is most pronounced about the middle of the 

 outer margin. At the middle of the outer 

 margin there is a lustrous coppery spot. 

 There are some obscure and vei'v narrow- 

 basal and submarginal lines. The fringes 

 are pale. At the apex and just before the 

 apex are a few minute white dots. The sec- 

 ondaries on the upper side are uniformly 

 fuscous with the fringes lighter and slightly 

 checkered with the ground color of the wing. 

 On the under side the costa of the primaries 

 and the entire surface of the secondaries are 

 reddish-ochraceous ; the inner two-thirds of 

 the primaries are fuscous ; both wings have 

 a small discal spot; both are crossed by in- 

 complete transverse limbal and transverse 

 marginal lines. The white spots on the 

 costa of the primaries reappear on the under 

 side. % . The female is very much like the 

 male in markings. Expanse, (J, 20 to 22 

 mm. ; ? , 21 to 25 mm. 



This species appears to be very common, 

 some twenty-five specimens-being represented 



