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the base, the other oblique irregular and beyond the middle. Teength of the 
body 8 lines; of the wings 8 lines, 
This speeies differs much in the structure of the front from S. Zatens, which 
is the type of the genus. 
Gen. PARICANA, n. &. 
Caput loeve, planum; vertex brevis; frons longi-subquadrata; facies lanceolata. 
Antenne arista longa graeili. TAoraa tricarinatus. Ale antiese apice latze vo- 
tundatze, areolis mediis et marginalibus longitudine subecqualibus. 
Mead smooth, not. keeled nor with elevated borders; vertex short; front elon- 
gate-subquadrata; face laneeolate. Antenne with a long and slender arista. 
Thorax with three keels. Fore wings broad and rounded towards the tips; 
basal areolets about half the length of the wing; middle and apical areolcts 
of nearly equal length; a few oblique eostal transverse veinlets beyond the middle. 
SS, PARICANA DILATIPENNIS, n. 8, foem. Testacea, fronte facie apice peetorisque 
fascia nigris, alis hyalinís, anticis fasciis duabus (una basali, altera media) fuscis. 
Female. Testaceous. Head shining; front and tip of the face black. Peetus with 
a black band. Wings hyaline; veins black, tawny at the base; fore wings 
with a black band near the base and another aeross the middle. Length of 
the body 24 lines; of the wings 7 lines. 
Gen. NIcERTA, n, g. 
Corpus gracile. Caput compressum, perangustum; vertex lateribus valde elevatis. 
frons ecultriformis; facies lanceolata. Axtenzae articulo 2° longo, eylindrico 
Alae angustee; antieze venis paucis, venulis nonnullis transversis exterioribus 
posterioribus. 
Body sleuder. Head much compressed, very narrow; vertex with the borders 
much elevated; front forming an acute edge; face lanteolate. Antenne with 
the 2nd joint long and eylindrical, Wings narrow; fore wings with few veins; 
hind part beyond the middle with some transverse veinlets. 
„59, NICERTA SUBMENTIENS, n. S., mas. Albida, oeculis fulvis, alis albo-hyali- 
nis, venis albis. 
Male, Whitish. Eyes tawny. Wings whitish hyaline; veins white. Length of 
the body 3 lines: of the wings 7 lines. 
90. NICERTA FLAMMULA, n. s., Leete et saturate rosea, tarsis albidis. 
Very brigth rosy-red. Tarsi whitish. Length of the body 14 line; of the 
wings 5 lines. 
91. NICERTA FERVENS, n. s. Testacea, capite elongato strigis rufis, alis anticis 
rufis hyalino guttatis, posticis hyalinis. 
Testaceous. Head much elongated, conical when viewed laterally, streaked with 
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