1N0PSI3. NrjTOSIA. 



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Ab. 1. metella. Hind wing with, small byaliue patch below end 

 of cell. 



Ab. 2. Femora orange. 



Fig. 167. — hwpsis modidata, J', t- 



Bah. Mexico, Jalapa, 1 cj" , Grote Coll., lle^\Q,(Jlkhardsoi%), 1 ? ; 

 Guatemala. {Rodriguez, Champion), 1 d" , 1 $ , type metella ; 

 Panama, GWiri<\m. {Champion, Arce), 5 c5' , 1 $ ? iy^Qscylla, Godman- 

 Salvin Coll. Exp. 42 millim. 



Genus CYPTONYCHIA, nov. 



Type, C. fl.avicejos. 



Proboscis fully developed ; palpi porrect, reaching just beyond the frons, 

 which has a large rounded prominence ; antennte ciliated ; fore tibiee short, 

 with long curved claw on inner side at extremity. Fore wing with vein 2 from 

 beyond middle of cell ; 3 from near angle ; 5 from above angle ; 6 from below 

 upper angle; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 7, 8 to form the areole ; 11 free. 

 Hind wing with vein 2 from beyond middle of cell ; 3, 4 from angle ; 5 from 

 well above angle ; 6, 7 stalked ; 8 from before middle of coll. 



532. Cyptonychia flaviceps. 



Cyj)tonychia flaviceps, Druce, A. M. N. H. (7) iii. p. 467 (1899). 

 S . Head and thorax orange-yellow ; palpi, pectus, legs, and 



Fig. 168. — Cyptonychia flaviceps, J. \. 



abdomen fuscous ; the anal tuft yellowish black ; wings yellowish 

 white. Fore wing with the costal edge blackish towards base. 

 i/aft. Mexico, 1 (5 . ii'a?/^. 30-34 millim. Type t in Mus. Oxon. 



Genus NYCTOSIA, nov. 



Type, N. tenehrosa. 



Proboscis aborted, slight ; palpi porrect, reaching well beyond frons and 

 frinoed with long hair; head, thorax, and base of abdomen clothed with rough 

 hair ; antenna; of male serrate and ciliated ; tibije with the spurs short ; hind 

 tibijB with the medial spurs absent. Fore wing with vein 2 from beyond 

 middle of cell; 3 from close to angle; 4, 5 from angle or shortly stalked; 



