LEPIDOPTEKA OF THE FAMILY ZTQiENIDiE. 397 



G-enus Desmidocnemts, Moeschler. 



1. Desmidocnemis Prittwitzi, Moeschler, Stett. ent. Zeit. p, 346 



(1872). 

 Cayenne. 



2. D.? PLATYLEUCA = Glaucopis (Herea) platyleuca, Walker, hep. Het. 

 i. p. 198. 



Venezuela (Dyson). Type, B.M. 



I believe that this is a Desmidocnemis, but cannot feel certain 

 without seeing the type of that genus. 



Genus Htda, TValker (part.). 



1. Hyda xanthorhina = Eurata xanthorhina, Herr.-Sch. Auss. 

 Schmett. f. 226. 



Glaucopis (Hyda) basilutea. Walker, Lep. Het. i. p. 182. 



Santarem (Bates), Pernambuco (J. P. G. Smith), Santa Martha (Bou- 

 chard), Pacho, New Granada (Jawsow) . B.M. 



Section c. 

 Abdomen with a terminal and sometimes with lateral tufts of 

 hair-scales. 



Genus Methtsia, n. gen. 



General appearance of Thrinacia, neuration of primaries as in 

 Cosmosoma ; secondaries small, elongated, and parchment-like, 

 capable of being entirely concealed behind the inner marginal 

 border of primaries, cell reaching to middle of wing, disco- 

 celkilar slightly receding from the subcostal to the median 

 uervure, upper branch of subcostal fork running to the cos- 

 tal margin ; head rather small ; antennae well pectinated ; ab- 

 domen with a terminal tuft. Type M. notalilis. Walker. 



1. Methysia NOTABiLis=Glaucopis (Pseudomya) notabilis. Walker, 



Lep. Het. i. p. 144. 

 Para (Bates). Type, B.M. 



Genus Dixophlebia, n. gen. PL XXVIII. fig. 8. 



Evidently allied to the preceding genus, but shorter and broader 

 in the wing ; the wings with smaller transparent areas ; secon- 

 aries with discoidal cell very short, discocellulars forming toge- 

 ther a strongly augulated liue, upper rather longer than lower ; 

 a well-defined radial iiervure continued as a recurrent nei*- 



