NODOZAIS-A. 



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Genus NODOZANA, nov. 



Type, N. thrico'phora,. 



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

 antennaj of male with bristles and cilia ; tibise with the spurs rather long ; 

 claspers of male thickly tufted with hair. Fore wing with vein 2 from 

 well beyond middle of cell ; 3 from close to angle ; 5 from above angle ; 

 6 from below upper angle ; 7, 8, 9 stalked, 7 from beyond 9 ; 10, 11 from cell ; 

 male with the underside of both wings clothed with rough scales. Hind wing 

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

 above angle ; 6, 7 on a long stalk ; 8 from middle of cell. 



Sect. I. Fore wing of male with a slight fold and fringe of hair on basal half 

 of costa below, ending in a slight swelling and tuft of hair. 



A. Hind wing of male with a large fringe of hair on underside below the 



cell. 



797. Nodozana thricophora, n. sp. 



Cisthene poly zona, Druce, Biol. Centr.-Am., Het. i. p. 123 (1885), part. 



S . Head and thorax dark brown, the vertex, tegulae, and patagia 

 orange-yellow ; legs orange, fore legs striped with bhie-black ; 

 abdomen crimson. Fore wdng black-brown ; a large orange-yellow 



patch below the cell from 

 ^ base to middle, not quite 

 reaching inner margin except 

 at base ; a triangular post- 

 medial patch on inner margin 

 extending to lower angle of 

 cell ; a similar patch on costa 

 ending in a crimson spot at 

 vein 5. Hind wing crimson, 

 with terminal blackish band 

 narrowing to a point near 

 tornus. 

 Hah. Panama, Chiriqui, Caldera, 1200 ft. (Chaminon), 1 cJ type, 

 Godman-Salvin Coll. Ea-j). 16 millim. 



B. Hind wing of male without fringe of hair on underside. 



798. Nodozana rhodosticta. 



Cisthene rhodosticta, Butl. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1878, p. 53 ; Kirby, Cat. Het. 



p. 289. 

 Mapha coresa, Schaus, J. N. Y. Ent. Soc. iv. p. 148 (1896). 



cJ . Head fuscous, the vertex usually yellowish white ; tegulse 



Fig. 286. 

 Nodozana thricophora, (^ . 



Fig. 287. — Nodozana rhodosticta, cj" • I- 

 and patagia yellowish white ; thorax fuscous ; pectus and legs 



