EPISrilA. — NTSSOCNEMIS. 513 



a black discoidal point ; a curved postmedial series of black points 

 on the veins ; a terminal series of points ; an oblique brown shade 

 from termeu below apex, and another above tornus. Hind wing 

 semihyalino white, with terminal series of fuscous points ; the 

 underside with the costal area sparsely irrorated with black, a black 

 discoidal point and terminal series. 



d' . Ground-colour of fore wing straw-yellow; the veins slightly 

 delined ; a rufous streak in lower end of cell; the brown patches 

 on termen more prominent. 



Hah. EcuADOE, Loja, 1 § type t, 1 d" type f sajltta, in Coll. 

 Dognin. E.V2>. 32 millim. 



*892. Episilia amina. (riate LXXIII. fig. 29.) 

 Leucania amina, Dognin, Ann. Soc. Ent. Beige, xli. p. 24G (1897). 



2 . Head pale reddish brown ; thorax brownish grey ; abdomen 

 grey dorsally tinged with fuscous. Fore wing grey, suffused with 

 pale reddish brown except the costal area ; the veins except on 

 inner area defined by slight whitish streaks ; a terminal series of 

 black points. Hind wing semihyaline white, the veins, costal and 

 inner areas tinged with brown ; a terminal series of brown strife. 

 Underside of fore wing with the disk suffused with ferruginous ; 

 hind wing with the costal area irrorated with brown. 



Hub. Ecuador, Loja, type t $ in Coll. Dognin. Exj). 40 millim. 



Genus NYSSOCNEMIS. 



Type. 



Xi/ssoc}iemis, Led. "NocfEiir. p. 117 (1857) ohcaa. 



Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, reaching vertex of bead, tbe 2nd 

 and ;5rd joints clothed with long hnir in front ; frons smooth ; eyes large, 

 round ; antenna of male bipectinate with rather long branches to apex, of 

 female with short branches ending in a bristle ; head and thorax clothed with 

 thick hair and scales, tbe pro- and mesothorax with spreading crests ; all the 

 tibiffi with fine spines ; abdomen with lateral tufts of hair towards extremity. 

 Fore wing eiiort and broad ; veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell ; G from 

 u]iper angle ; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form theareole ; 11 from cell. 

 Hind wing with veins 3, 4 from angle of cell; 5 obsolescent from middle of 

 discocellulars ; 6, 7 from ujoper angle. 



893. Nyssocnemis obesa. 



Konlua ohesa, Ev. Bull. Soc. Imp. Mosc. iii. p. 86, pi. 2. f. 2 (181()) ; 



Stand. Cat. Iipp. pal. p. 185. 

 Hr.dena eversmaniu, Led. Zool.-hot. Yer. 1853, pi. 3. f. 1. 

 Hadena Udereri, H.-S. Eur. Schmett. ii. Index, p. 31 ( 185()'). 

 Valeria spil<)(jrumma, Rambr. Ami. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1871, p. 321 ; Stand. Cat. 



Lep. pal. pp. 1G8, 255. 



Head and thorax dark rcd-bro\^-n, some of the scales tipped with 

 grey and black ; tarsi with pale rings ; abdomen grey-brown tinged 

 with fuscous. Eore wing red-brown with a purjilish lingo; a 

 waved subbasal black lino from costa to submodian fold ; an obli(iue 

 antemedial line angled outwards below cosla and excurvod above 

 inner margin; claviform more or less prominently defined by black 



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