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Genus Gopha, n. g. 

 Mas. — Corpus sat robustum. Fasciculus frontalis productus. 

 Proboscis distincta. Palpi validi, pilosi, obliqu^ ascendentes, 

 caput long^ superantcs, articulo So parvo. Antennae pecti- 

 natae, apices versus simplices. Abdomen alas posticas su- 

 perans. Pedes robusti, pilosi ; tibiae posticae calcaribus 

 quatuor longis. Alae anticae acutje, costa recta, margine 

 exteriore non*bbliquo. 



Male. — Body moderately stout. Frontal tuft prominent. Pro- 

 boscis distinct. Palpi stout, pilose, obliquely ascending, extend- 

 ing rather far beyond the head ; 3rd joint conical, minute. 

 Antennae moderately pectinated to beyond half the length, simple 

 from thence to the tips. Legs stout, pilose; hind-tibiae with four 

 long spurs. Wings moderately broad. Fore-wings acute ; costa 

 straight ; exterior border not oblique. 



Allied to Rosama, Cat. Lep. Het. 1st Ser. 1066. 



Gopha mixtipennis. 

 Mas. — Cinerea, fusco-conspersa, capite thoraceque viridibus, 

 alis anticis viridi variis, disco obscure fusco, linea subcostali 

 alba, alis posticis marginem versus fuscis. 



Male. — Cinereous, speckled with brown. Head above and 

 thorax grass-green. Abdomen above, and hind- wings towards 

 the exterior border brown, the latter with a whitish fringe. 

 Fore-wings varied with grass-green, which forms a zig-zag black- 

 marked sub-marginal line ; disk irregularly dark-brown ; a shin- 

 ing white sub-costal line. 



Length of the body 7 lines ; of the wings 14 lines. 



Brazil. 



Genus Chadisra, n. g. 

 Foem. — Corpus robustum. Proboscis obsoleta. Palpi robusti, 

 ascendentes, frontem non superantes, articulis indistinctis. 

 Antennae sub-crenulatae. Thorax cristatus. Abdomen longi- 

 conicum, alas posticas sat superans. Alae elongatae ; anticae 

 apice rotundatae, margine exteriore perobliquo. 



Female. — Body stout. Proboscis obsolete. Palpi stout, as- 

 cending, not rising higher than the front ; joints indistinct. 

 Antennae minutely crenulated. Thorax crested. Abdomen elon- 

 gate, conical, extending rather far beyond the hind- wings. Wings 



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