1897.] ClASSIFICATIOK OP THE CHRYSATJGlNiE. 665 



small tuft of scales on discocellulars ; . a dark marginal line ; the 

 cilia pure white. Hind wing pale ochreous ; the apical area 

 suffused with pink. Underside of fore wing with pink suffusion 

 in and beyond cell to outer margin. 

 Hah. Rio Janeiro. Exp. 28 mm. 



Genus Pabidkea. 



Paridnea, Eag. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1891, p. 602. 



Palpi upturned, extending far in front of frons and reaching 

 vertex of head, roughly scaled on outer side, 3rd joint with the 

 scales directed downwards ; frons nearly smooth ; antennae strongly 

 ciliated ; tibiae nearly smooth. Fore wing with the costa nearly 

 straight, the apex rectangular ; male with a large tuft of scales on 

 costa beyond middle ; a glandular swelling at base of costa below 

 fringed with long hair, met by a fringe from median nervure; 

 veins 3, 4, 5 from angle of cell : male with veins 6, 7, 8 free from 

 close to upper angle; 9, 10 stalked; 11 free. Hind wing with 

 veins 3, 4, 5 from angle of cell ; the discocellulars highly angled ; 

 6, 7 shortly stalked, 7 anastomosing with 8. 



rig. 33. 



Paridnea hotophcealis, ,} . \. 



Type. Paridwea holoph^alis, Eag. Ann. Soc. Ent. Pr. 1891, p. 603. 



Centr. & S. Am. 

 Stemmatophora demonica, Druce, Biol. Centr.-Am., Het. ii. p 200 

 pi. 60. f. 9. 



Genus Deebeta. 



Derheta, Wlk. xxxiv. 1147 (1865), 



Palpi upturned and reaching halfway to vertex of head, thickly 

 scaled, and the 3rd joint minute ; frons with a tuft of hair ; 

 antennae of male bipectinate (mid and hind legs wanting). Pore 

 wing long and narrow ; the costa evenly arched; the apex rectan- 

 gular ; the outer margin obliquely curved ; the inner margin evenly 

 arched ; a small glandular swelling at base of costa below ; the 

 retinaculum tufted with hair ; veins 3, 4, 5 from angle of cell • 6 

 from upper angle; 7, 8 stalked; 9, 10 absent; 11 free. Hind 

 wmg with vein 3 from near angle of cell ; 4, 5 approximated for 

 a short distance ; the discocellulars highly angled ; 6, 7 from 

 upper angle, 7 anastomosing slightly with 8. 



