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Genus N^enia, Steph. 



Ncenia sig^iiplena. 



Mas. — Ferrnginea, alis anticis lineis duabus subrectis sub- 

 obliquis fasciisque duabus devils interruptis nigricante fuscis 

 cinereo-marginatis, fascia 3a marginali fusca pallido-mar- 

 ginata lineam marginalem obscuriorem includente, alis pos- 

 ticis cinereo-fuscis litura discali nigricante. 



Male. — Ferruginous, cinereous speckled, with a luteous tinge 

 beneath. Palpi stout, obliquely ascending, 3rd joint conical, about 

 one-fourth of the length of the 2nd. Antennae rather long, minutely 

 ciliated. Legs with black bands ; middle tibise mostly thickly 

 tufted with pale hairs ; hind-tibiae with two pair of spurs of un- 

 equal length, one of the 1st pair extremely long. Fore-wings 

 acute, with two blackish-brown, cinereous-bordered, slightly 

 oblique, nearly straight and parallel lines which intersect two 

 interrupted and very irregular bands of the same colour ; 3rd 

 band marginal, brown, also pale-bordered, deeply dentate, black- 

 ish-brown by the costa, inclosing a blackish-brown, pale-bordered 

 marginal line composed of small triangles ; underside with some 

 vestiges of the above markings. Hind-wings cinereous brown, 

 with a blackish discal mark and a pale fringe ; discal mark much 

 more conspicuous beneath, where there is an exterior line of black 

 pale-bordered dots. 



Length of the body 5 ? lines ; of the wings 12 lines. 



Amazon Region. 



Fam. HOMOPTERID^, Boisd. 

 Genus HoMOPTERA, Boisd. 

 Homoptera discal'is, 

 Foem. — Ferrugineo-fusca; alis cinereo-conspersis linea sub- 

 marginali atrd, linea media minus conspicua, alis anticis acutis, 

 raargine exteriore flexo, lined interiore nigra undulata, or- 

 biculari et reniformi albo-marginatis, alis posticis pallido 

 extus bilineatis. 



Female. — Ferruginous-brown. Frontal tuft prominent, angular. 

 Palpi very long, obliquely ascending ; 2iid joint thickly fringed 

 with short hairs beneath ; 3rd linear, much more slender than the 

 2nd and hardly half its length. Wings with numerous pale ci- 

 nereous speckles, which are most prevalent on the fore-wings and 

 appear only towards the base of the hiiid-wmgs; sub-marginal 

 line deep black, most conspicuous on the fore-wings; middle line 



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