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erect. Legs rather slender; fore femora with three spines, the first much 

 smaller lhan the second and than the third ; hind femora incrassated 

 towards the base; four anterior tibia? with one row of minute spines, dilated 

 at the base, the dilatation of the fore tibiaB shorter and broader than that of 

 the middle tibia? ; hind tibiae with minute spines, which are mostly on the 

 two upper rows. Fore wings broad, widening from the base to a little 

 beyond two-thirds of the length, a little shorter than the hind wings; 

 scapular and externo-medial veins contiguous, emitting from the hind side 

 two longitudinal veins ; of the$.e the first is forked and its fore fork joins the 

 second, which is undulating; the other veins and veinletsform an irregular 

 reticulation. Hind wings broad ; a large costal subapical triangular patch 

 with the texture of the fore wings. 



1. SORIA CONTAMINATA. 



Fcem. Ferruginea ; caput supra etantice albidum ; antenna albce, nigro 

 cinctce ; prothoracis discus pa Hide luieus, albido marginatus ; ab do- 

 minis dorsum albidum ; pedes ex parte virides, nigro macula ti et 

 fasciati ; alee anliccB virides, venis ex parte albo punctatim margi- 

 natis,playis tribus ferrugineis, la fusco marginata, 2a 3aque gut las 

 diaphanas includentibus ; alceposticce diaphana, plagaapicali viridi y 

 striga costali fusca, macula subcoatali trigona punctoque nigris. 



Female. Ferruginous. Head mostly whitish above and in front. 

 Antennae white, with several black rings. Disk of the prothorax pale 

 luteous, bordered with whitish wrinkles. Mesothorax and metathorax pale 

 yellow, the former pilose in front, the middle tubercle green. Abdomen 

 whitish above. Four anterior femora with black spots beneath ; hind femora 

 pale green, with two black spots on the inner side, one large and near the 

 base, the other small and near the tip; four anterior tibiae pale green, with 

 two black bands, the dilated part ferruginous above and with black spots 

 beneath ; fore tibiae with a whitish callus above; hind tibiae pale green, with 

 five irregular blackish bands ; tarsi pale green. Fore wings green ; veins 

 partly bordered with white points ; three ferruginous patches ; first patch 

 basal, extending along the costa to beyond one-third of the length, 

 bordered by an undulating brown line; second and third including some 

 pellucid dots ; second extending along the subapical part of the costa ; 

 third irregularly oval, in the exterior part of the disk. Hind wings pellu- 

 cid; veins white; apical patch green, with a brown costal streak, a black 

 subcostal triangular spot and a black point. Length of the body 8 lines; 

 expansion of the fore wings 21 lines. 



a. Brazil. Presented by J. P. G. Smith, Esq. 



Genus 99. TOPANA. 



Mas. Corpus sat gracile. Caput prothoraci sequilatum, inter oculos 

 subcarinatum. Oculi prominuli. Palporum articulus 3us 4o multo lon- 

 gior, 5o multo brevior. Antennae gracillimae. Prothorax disco piano pos- 

 tice lutescenle, carinis lateralibus bene determinatis, marginibus antico et 

 postico rectis, lateribus valde rotundatis. Pedes graciles, femoribus quatuor 

 anterioribus spinosis, femoribus posticis tibiisque spinulosis. Ala3 anticse 

 lalae, subfusi formes, alis posticis paullo breviores. 



