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much broader, but longer than the fore-wings. Cells long ; 

 sub-costal nervure five-branched ; the first sub-costal nervure 

 emitted before, at, or beyond the end of the cell, the others 

 always beyond ; the first discoidal nervure emitted from the 

 end of the cell. Many of the species resemble various species 

 of IthomiincRi or of the genus Actinote in the Acraina ; but 

 they vary much in form, and may easily be divided into several 

 genera. Under the generic name Moschoneura, Dr. Butler 

 has separated some small species with oval wings, in which all 

 the sub-costal nervules are emitted beyond the end of the cell, 

 and the first discoidal nervule is emitted much beyond the 

 end of the cell. 



The type of Moschoneura is M. methymna (Godart), a 

 Brazilian species, measuring nearly two inches across the wings, 

 which are long, narrow, and rounded. They are yellow, with 

 very broad, smoky black borders; on the inner side of the 

 dark apical area is a broad oblique greyish band, whiter be- 

 neath. On the under side of the hind-wings the dark border 

 bears an inner tawny and an outer stone-coloured marginal 

 stripe. 



More recently, Messrs. Godman and Salvin have given the 

 following table of the genera into which they divide the Central 

 American species : 



A- First sub-costal branch of the primaries tin! ted ivith the 

 costal. 



a. First sub-costal branch of the primaries emitted beyond 

 the end of the cell. 



A. Sub-costal branch of the secondaries in the <? 

 emitted far beyond the end of the cell. (Type, 

 Papillo ai/ip/iio^Cj Cramer.) 



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