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PcENOMlA, gen. nov. 



Mah. — Antennae pubescent, ciliate. Palpi upcurved, the 

 tliird joint longer than second, uptnrned, with long tufts from 

 its l);ise on inner side. Fore tibire hairy. Wiiig.s long and 

 narrow. Fore wings : costal margin with fold below at base, 

 medially slightly depressed ; veins 3, 4, 5 close together 

 from lower angle of cell ; 7, 8, 10 from areole, 9 stalked 

 with 8. Hind wings : veins 3 and 4, and 6 and 7, on short 

 stalk ; 5 from near lov/er angle. 



Type of genus, Pocnomia turjns, Schs. 



Poenomia turpis, sp. n. 



(J . Palpi, head, collar, and thorax fuscous, thinly irrorated 

 with yellowish scales ; third joint of palpi with long tufts of 

 whitish hairs. Abdomen fuscous grey above, underneath 

 bufl-brown, with dark segmental lines. Wings fuscous tinged 

 with olive-brown, the markings darker, partly defined by 

 pale edging. Fore wings: a subbasal line; antemedial 

 vertical, slightly lunular ; a medial shade ; postmedial 

 lunular, dentate, vertical to vein 5, then slightly outcurved ; 

 subtcrminal line, indistinct, whitish grey. Hind wings : a 

 line on discocellular ; postmedial and subterminal broad, the 

 latter outwardly pale-edged ; terminal white points between 

 veins on both wings. Fore wings below fuscous grey ; a 

 dark discal point; a faint darker postmedial line ; a whitish 

 subterminal line. Hind wings whitish irrorated with fuscous 

 grey, forming postmedial, subterminal, and marginal shades, 

 all rather broad ; discal spot well marked. 



Expanse 35 mm. 



Hub. San Jos^. 



Poenomia maculata^ sp. n. 



? . Palpi, head, collar, and thorax fuscous tinged with 

 lilacine ; third joint of palpi ringed and tipped with grey. 

 Abdomen fuscous above with dorsal tufts, underneath 

 whitish grey. Fore wings fuscous tinged with lilacine, the 

 markings velvety black; a basal and broad subbasal shade, the 

 latter expanding just above submedian, and closely followed 

 by a very tine antemedial line, parallel to its outer <ii\^e and 

 tinged with reddish brown above and below submedian; 

 orbicular small, round, dull black ; a geminate outcurved 

 medial line, broken into spots from cell to inner margin ; 

 reniform large, its outer edge incurved ; postnjedial out- 

 curved, consisting of small quadrate spots, followed by 



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