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PSYCHE. 



[September 1S93. 



are very dark brown margined internally by 

 paler brown. The broad band of paler color 

 which crosses the outer area of the primaries 

 is continued upon the secondaries which have 

 the same general ground color as the prim- 

 aries. On the under side the wings are light 

 yellowish, clouded heavily with dark brown 

 on the base, the apex of the primaries, and 

 upon thecosta of the secondaries. The dark 

 spots and lines which define the outer and 

 inner limits of the transverse limbal band of. 

 the wings on the upper side reappear upon 

 the lower side, being most distinct upon the 

 secondaries. Expanse, 65 mm. 



This species is referred with great doubt to 

 Metanastria from which the form of the 

 antennae and palpi together with the greater 

 breadth of the wings differentiate it. Unfor- 

 tunately, the very heavy vestiture of the 

 wings and the fact that I have but one 

 specimen prevent me at present from making 

 a critical anatomical diagnosis. 



Epijana, gen. nov. 



Superficially resembling the genus Jana, 

 from which it, however, is structurally 

 quite different. Palpi minute, directed for- 

 ward, heavily clothed with hair, the last 

 joint obsolescent. Antennae of the male 

 heavily pectinated, the pectinations moder- 

 ately long, decreasing abruptly in length 

 at the apex. The antennae of the female 

 are almost devoid of pectinations, except at 

 the base where the setae are very minute. 

 The fore-wings are produced at the apex. 

 The outer margin is somewhat excavated 

 below the apex, and then rounded regularly 

 to the outer angle, which is likewise evenly 

 rounded. The inner margin is rounded. 

 The secondaries have the costa relatively 

 long, almost straight; the apex and the 

 outer margin evenly rounded; the anal 

 angle produced inwardly, or slightly lobed ; 

 the inner margin slightly excavated above 

 the anal angle and bowed toward the abdomen 

 before the base. In the primaries the upper 



discocellular is angulated; veins seven, eight, 

 and nine are stalked: vein eleven springs 

 from the subcostal near the base and coales- 

 ces with ten beyond nine, forming an elong- 

 ated secondary cell above the true cell. The 

 costal nervure runs parallel to vein eleven 

 and terminates upon the margin about the 

 middle of the costa. In the secondaries, the 

 costal nervure is conformed to the costal 

 margin along the edge of which it lies; 

 veins six and seven are stalked. The vesti- 

 ture of the wings is heavy as in Jana. Type 

 E. lanosa, Holl. 



Neuration of Epijana lanosa, Holl., J }. 



161. E. lanosa, sp. nov. J Palpi, front 

 and thorax rich brown ; abdomen fawn ; 

 low r erside of thorax and abdomen together 

 with the legs bright ochraceous, the anterior 

 margins of the legs being brown. The cul- 

 men of the antennae is whitish, the pectin- 

 ations testaceous. The primaries are 

 crossed by a straight blackish, or very dark 

 brown, line which runs from the costa 

 before the apex to the inner margin about its 

 middle, and is defined outwardly by a nar- 

 row line of pale lilac. The wings within 

 this line toward the base are dark brown, 

 beyond it they are paler brown, dusted near 

 the apex and above the outer angle with 

 lilac scales. The fringes on the outer and 

 inner margins are very heavy brown, tinged 

 with lilac. The secondaries are bright yel- 

 lowish-ochraceous, laved with brown shad- 

 ing into lilac upon the inner margin and 



