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BEUTENMULLER, MONOGRAPH OF THE SESIID^E. 



Expanse : 40 mm. 



Habitat. — Florida. 



Type : One female. Coll. B. Neumoegen, Brooklyn Institute Arts and Sciences. 



The male is unknown and the type is the only specimen known to exist in 



collections. 



Memythrus admirandus (Hy. Edw.). 



Plate XXXI, Fig. 33, Male. 



Sciapteron admirandus Hy. Edwards, Papilio, Vol. II, 1882, p. 54; Grote, New Check List N. 

 Am. Moths, 1882, p. 11 ; Beutenmuller, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. Vol. IV^ 1892, p. 171. 

 Tirista admirandus Beutenmuller, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. Vol. VI, 1894, p. 88. 

 7Yrista admiranda Beutenmuller, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. Vol. VIII, [896, p. 123. 



Male. — Head with hairs between the eyes and palpi orange ; orbits of eyes white. Antennae 

 fuscous. Color narrowly yellow in front. Thorax dull brown with patagia narrowly edged with 

 yellow ; on each side in front at the base of wings a large reddish patch ; hind part of thorax with 

 a yellow, transverse line. Abdomen with basal segment brownish black, second light yellow, third 

 orange, fourth yellow, and last three orange edged with yellow. Underside orange, with the third 

 segment yellow as above. Anal tuft dull brown. Legs orange. Fore wings dull brown with a 

 violaceous reflection and a small yellow spot at the base. Underside like the upper, but washed with 

 orange at the base. Hind wings transparent, veins and margin dull brown, the opaque color run- 

 ning into the wing to the cell, between veins M 3 and Cu 1? orange at the extreme base on the inner 

 margin. Underside similar to the upper, but the inner margin has an orange line. 



Expanse : 30 mm. 



Habitat. — Texas. 



Type : One male. Coll. Hy. Edwards, Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 



Palmia Beuten. 



Fig. 15. 

 Palmia Beutenmuller, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. Vol. VIII, 1896, p. 123. 



Head, Venation, and Hind Leg of Palmia prcecedens. 



Head small, palpi short, straight, not upturned. Antennae clavate in the female, pointed at 

 the tip. Abdomen slender. Hind femora with short hairs. Fore wings with 12 veins ; R 4 and R 5 

 stalked. Hind wings pointed at apex ; veins M 2 and Cu, stalked ; Sc + R ; Rs absent. 



Type : Sciapteron prcecedens Hy. Edwards. 



