1897.] CLASSIFICATIOIf OF THE THYEIDIDjE. 631 



Kg. 23. 



Draconia annuligera, ^. \, 



Sect I. Hind wing with the apex excised, the outer margin 

 produced to a point at vein 7. 



A.. Fore wing with the outer margin slightly excised towards 

 outer angle ; both wings with the margin crenulate. 



Type. (l)*DEACO]sriA peripheta, Cram. Pap. Exot. ii. p. 54, pi. 131. f. Gr ; 

 Druce, Biol. Centr.-Am., Het. pi. 59. f. 12, W. Indies ; 



Centr. Am, 



B, Fore wing with the outer margin twice excised towards 



outer angle. 



a. Hind wing with the outer margin strongly crenulate. 

 (2)*DRAC0ifiA MiBABiLis, Pag. Iris, V. p. 96, pi. 1. f. 10. Peru, 



l. Hind wing with the outer margin not crenulate. 



(3)*Draconia eusika, Druce, Biol. Centr.-Am,, Het. p. 188, pi. 59. 

 f . 9. Guatemala. 



C. Both wings with the outer margin strongly angled at 



middle and non-crenulate. 



(4)*Dbaconia AinsnJLiGEEA, Wlk. xxxii. 516. Brazil. 



(5)*Deaconia oletguxta, Peld. Reis. Nov. pi. 134, f, 3. Brazil, 



Sect. II. Hind wing with the apex not excised and the outer 

 margin not produced to a point at vein 7 ; fore wing with 

 two excisions towards outer angle ; both wings with the 

 margin crenulate. 



(6)*Dracon-ia denticulata, Pag. Iris, v, p. 98, pi, 1. f. 12 ; 

 Druce, Biol. Centr.-Am. pi. 59. f. 10, Centr, Am.; Brazil. 



G-enus Meseba, 



MesTcea, Grote, Can. Ent, ix. p. 114 (1877). 



Palpi porrect, slight, and hardly reaching to frons ; antennae o£ 

 male thickened and flattened; tibiae moderately scaled. Pore 

 wing very long and narrow, the apex rounded ; veins 2, 3, 4 from 

 close to angle of cell ; 5 from near middle of discocellulars ; 6 from 

 below upper angle ; 7 from angle ; 8, 9 stalked. Hind wing very 

 long and narrow, the apex extremely produced and the outer 



