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A NEW GElSrUS SEPARATED FROM HEYDENIA, HEM., WITH 

 DESCRIPTION OF A NEW ENGLISH SPECIES. 



BY THE RIGHT HON. LORD WALSINGHAM, M.A., LL.D., F.R.S., &c. 



CATAPLECTICA, Wlsm., gen. n. 

 TtpEj Oataplectica Farreni, Wlsm. 



a — imago $ enlarged, 

 h — head, front view. 

 d — neuration. 

 e — hind leg. 



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c — head, side view. 



{J. S. Durrani, delt.). 



AntenncB moderately stout, scarcely more than half the length of the fore-wings, 

 coarsely scaled, not ciliate, basal joint with a strong pecten. 



Labial Palpi short, slightly depressed, moderately clothed to apex, apical joint of 

 about equal length with the second. 



Maxillary Palpi distinct, short, dependent. 



Haustellum well developed, naked. 



Ocelli absent. 



Head and Thorax smooth. 



Fore-wings elongate, lanceolate, costal margin straight, dorsal margin slightly convex, 

 with long cilia, at the anal angle nearly as long as the width of the wing. 

 Neuration, 12 veins ; 2 and 4 parallel with and equidistant from 3, which arises 

 at the lower angle of cell ; 5 and 6 parallel ; 7 and 8 from a common stem, 

 enclosing the apex ; vein 1 furcate at base. 



nind-wings narrower than the fore-wings, lanceolate, abdominal angle well de- 

 veloped, thence tapering to the apex, costal margin raodei'ately straight, dorsal 

 slightly rounded, cilia more tlian twice the width of the wing. Neuration, 



