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terminal Avhitv-browu anal tuft; undersurface smoky- 

 brown ; wings crossed by two dusky-bordered indistinctly 

 Avhitish discal lines; discocellulars crossed by dusky- 

 margined whitish angulated spots, beyond which on the 

 secondaries are two very indistinct dusky streaks; fringe 

 blackish with slender whitish basal Hue and whitish spots 

 opposite to the terminations of the veins ; costa of prima- 

 ries sordid white, crossed by dusky dashes ; internal border 

 whitish; legs grey, the tarsi above blackish, banded with 

 Avhite, the anterior tibire clothed Avith long whitish hair: 

 expanse of wings 1 inch 7 lines. 

 Mauhes Eiver, 5th May, 1874. 



This singular species seems allied to PhospJiila ursipes 

 of Hiibner; but, as I have not seen examples of this 

 insect, I cannot be sure of its affinity to it; some of the 

 characters, such as the terminal anal tuft and the fan-like 

 hairy clothing of the anterior tibiae seem to show structural 

 proximity to the Notodontidce, but in all other respects 

 the species agrees better with the group in which I have 

 placed it. 



C^NIPETA, Huhner. 



60. CaBnipeta bibitrix. 



Ccenipeta bibitrix, Hiibner, Zutr. Exot. Schmett. 

 fig. 348. 

 Lake Maracana, 7tli April; Serpa, 22nd April; Rio 

 Madeira, 16th May; Rio Marmellos, Rio Madeira, 1st 

 June; Boa Yista, Rio Purus, 12th September; Mamiva, 

 Rio Purus, 29th September; near Porto Salvo, 3rd 

 October; Rio Jurua, near the mouth, 14th Xovember, 

 1874. 



This species is new to the Museum Collection ; it was 

 only known to iSl. Guenee by the figure. 



61. Caanipeta polynoe. 



Ccenipeta polynoe, Guenee, Xoct. iii. p. 31, n. 1359 

 (1852). 

 Rio Taruma, Rio Negro, 3rd July, 1874. 



A single typical example of this species, previously 

 only represented in the Museum Collection by a damaged 

 pair of the Central American variety. C. feronia of 

 Felder is a nearlv allied form. 



