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Genus EMAKGINEA. 



Type. 



Ernarginea, Guen. Noct. ii. p. 288 (1852) gammophora. 



Dacira, Wlk. xii. 801 (1857) combusta. 



Cyathissa, Grote, Bull. U.S. Geol. Geog. Surv. Terr. vi. 



p. 576 (1881) percara. 



Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, very short and only reaching 

 middle of frons, which has a slight rounded prominence with corneous plate 

 below it ; eyes large, rounded ; antennae of male laminate with slight scale- 

 teeth on base of shaft above ; thorax clothed with velvety scales and hair, the 

 prothorax without crest, the metatliorax with large spreading crest ; mid and 

 hind tibia3 very broadly fringed with hair on outer side, the tarsal joints short 

 and thick ; abdomen with dorsal crest at base only and lateral fringes of hair, 

 the male with lateral tufts of hair from base. Fore wing with the apex 

 rounded, the termeu excised to vein 4, then curved and not crenulate ; the 

 cell short, vein 3 from well before angle of cell; 5 from just above angle; 

 fi from below upper angle; 7, 8, 10 on a long stalk; 9 typically absent; 

 11 from cell. Hind wing with veins 3, 4 shortly stalked ; 5 obsolescent from 

 middle of discocellulars ; 6, 7 shortly stalked ; 8 anastomosing with the cell 

 near base only. 



Sect. I. (Emargivea). Fore wing with vein 9 absent; 7 from before 10. 



A. Fore wing with the terminal half bright rufous, with 



black patch on costa combusta. 



B. Fore wing with the terminal half black with patches of 



fulvous yellow and white gammophora. 



4444. Ernarginea combusta. (Plate CXL. fig. 6.) 

 Dacira combusta, Wlk. xii. 802 (1857). 



d . Head pure white, the palpi and antennas except basal joint 

 black ; thorax black, the metathorax rufous and white ; fore tibiae 

 at extremity and mid tibiae at middle with white patches, hind 

 tibiae with small white spot at base, the tarsi with the 1st two 

 joints white ; abdomen fuscous black dorsally, white at sides and 

 fulvous yellow below. Fore wing with the basal half white; 

 a basal black patch angled outwards below cell and retracted 

 to inner margin, followed by some orange suffusion ; an antemedial 

 black annulus on costa filled in with orange ; a black medial line 

 slightly excurved from costa to median nervure, then slightlv 

 sinuous ; the terminal half brick-red with a black patch rather 

 diffused outwardly extending to three-fourths of costa and ending 

 in a point on medial line at vein 2 ; a small V-shaped white 

 mark on costa at middle, followed by a slight red streak below 

 costa ; postmedial line represented by minute whitish points on 

 the black area, otherwise obsolete ; two white striae from costa 

 beyond middle ; subterminal line only defined by the terminal arce 

 being rather deeper red ; cilia white, blackish at apex, middle, and 

 above tornus. Hind wing pure white ; the underside with the 

 costal area tinged with orange, irrorated with a few black scales 

 and with diffused blackish patch at middle. 



Hab. Brazil, Amazon, Villa Nuovo (Bates), 1 J type. Exp. 

 24 millim. 



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