334 NOCTTJiD.ii;. 



below veins 7 and 5, then waved, a blackish shade from it to termen 

 below vein 4 ; a crenulate blackish line just before termen ; cilia 

 chequered brownish and white. Hind wing white, the veins of 



Fig. 122. — Poliofknpa, ameria, J . }, 



terminal half and terminal area suffused with brown ; a crenulate 

 dark terminal line ; cilia chequered brown and whitish ; the under- 

 side white, the costal area and terminal area to vein 4 slightlj' 

 irrorated with brown. 



Hah. Gfa'iemala, Volcan de Atitlan (CJiamjnon), 1 5 tyjic, 

 Godman-Salvin Coll. Exp. 54 millim. 



Genus PUCIALIA. 



Type. 



Pucialia, Wlk. Char. Undescr. Het p. 25 (1869) furcifera. 



Libunea, Wlk. Char. Undescr. Het. p. 35 (18G9) urgenteu. 



Proboscis aborted, mimit.e ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint reaching to well 

 above vertex of head and fringed with hair behind towards extremity, the 

 3rd long and dilated at extremity ; frons smooth with ridge of hair above ; 

 eyes large, round ; antennae of female minutely ciliated ; thorax clothed with 

 hair and scales mixed, the pro- and metathorax with loose spreading crests; 

 fore tibias fringed with long hair on both sides, the mid and hind tibiaj mode- 

 rately fringed with hair ; abdomen with dorsal series of crests. Fore wing with 

 the apex rectangular, the termen evenly curved and slightly crenulate ; veins 

 3 and 5 from near angle of cell, 6 from upper angle ; 9 from 10 anastomosing 

 with 8 to form a longareole ; 11 from cell. Hind wing with veins 3, 4 from 

 angle of cell ; 5 fully developed from just above angle; 6, 7 from upper angle ; 

 8 anastomosing with the cell to middle only. 



A. Hind wing semihyaline whitish. 



a. Fore wing with strong oblique black fasciae from base 



of costa and from costa before middle to postmedial 



line argeniea. 



b. Fore wing without oblique black fasciae froui costa to 



postmedial line. 

 a}. Fore wing with moi-e or less branching black fascia 

 below the cell. 

 a?. Fore wing with the postmedial line slightly ex- 

 curved to vein 4, then slightly incurved furcifera. 



b^. Fore wing with the postmedial line oblique and 

 minutely dentate to vein 4, then strongly angled 

 inwards mariva. 



