MICRAWTHA. — CEDERASTBIA. 



extremity produced to two points with some brown on th 

 somewhat angled inwards on median nervure; postmedial line 

 brown, oblique towards costa, then den rved to vein 4, 



thru oblique ; subrerrainal line double, the inner line Blight with 



black point at costa, the outer very strong, black and highly cun 

 its outer edge produced to slight points below <■ d with 



another fine line beyond it: a fine lunulate black line jusl before 

 termen. Hind wing whitish suffused with brown; an indistinct 

 curved postmedial line ; cilia whitish ; the underside white slightly 

 irrorated with brown, traces of diffused brown medial and j 

 medial lines, a terminal series of slight black lunules. 



Hab. Brazil, Rio Janeiro, type t £ in U-S- Xat. Mus. Exp. 

 '■'< I uiillim. 



5732. Micrantha cyclopis, n. sp. (Plate CLXIII. fig. 21.) 



$. Head white, the palpi irrorated with fuscous, the antennae 

 black ringed with white: thorax ochreous white irrorated with 

 black ; abdomen ochreous white with slight silvery segmental I 

 and the crests tipped with black : pectus, legs, and ventral surface 

 of abdomen white irrorated with fuscous, the tarsi banded with 

 fuscous. Fore wing ochreous irrorated with black and suff 

 with silvery purple except on basal area; a slight subbasal black 

 striga from costa; antemedial line black, incurved in cell; clavi- 

 form defined by black at extremity ; orbicular ochreous defined by 

 black on outer side, round; reniform ochreous defined by black. 

 With blackish centre and some white on outer edge, elliptical ; 

 a rather diffused sinuous black medial line; postmedial linedouble, 

 black filled in with ochreous, oblique towards costa, Blightly 

 incurved at discal fold, incurved and waved below vein 4, some 

 white points beyond it on costa ; subterminal line defined on inner 

 Bide by black suffusion, minutely dentate, strongly angled inw i 

 in discal fold ; a terminal series of small black lunules ; cilia 

 ochreous mixed with black at base, then white with somi blai 

 tips. Hind wing greyish suffused with brown : a terminal 

 of black stria- ; cilia whitish with a black line through them; the 

 rside white irrorated with brown. 

 Hab. Panama, La Chorrera (Dolby Tyler), 1 . type. I 

 1 6 nulliin. 



Genus (EDERASTRIA. , 



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'erastria, Hmpsn. Ann. S. At'r. Mu9. ii. p. 375 1902 



Proboscis fully developed; palpi obliqu ly upturned, the2 

 about to middle of lions and moderately 

 with rounded prominence ; eyes large, round ; antenna of male bi 

 short branches, tbeapex serrate; thorax ol 

 thp pro- and metathorax with spreading crests; tibice m 

 hair; abdomen with dorsal crests on bisal segments tl 

 large. Fore wing with the apex roundi 



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