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MaCKODES ? CENTURIALIS. 



Mas. Nigro-fusca ; thorax antice litura alba ; abdomen apice 



cervinum ; alee anticce fusca, cyaneo suffusa, plagis pallidior- 



ibus fasciisque quinque undulatis nigris ; posticafasciis undu- 



latis nigris maculaque subapicali albida. 



Euclystis centurialis (Pyralis geometriformis, Salia egregia), H'ubn. 



Samml. Exot. Schm. Zutr. 20, 148, f. 295, 296 ; Verz. Schm. 



341,3277. 



America. 



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Genus GERODA. 



Mas. Corpus sat robustum. Proboscis brevis. Palpi oblique 

 ascendentes, articulo 3o couico brevi. Antennae breves, subpubes- 

 centes, subconvolutaa, sat robustae. Abdomen alas posticas paullo 

 superans; fasciculus apicalis quadratus. AlaB latiusculae ; anticae 

 subfalcalae, costa subconvexa, margine exteriore flexo antice con- 

 cavo; posticae margine exteriore subuudulato. 



Male. Body moderately stout. Proboscis sbort. Palpi ob- 

 liquely ascending ; third joint conical, less than one-fourth of the 

 length of the second. Antennae short, minutely pubescent, rather 

 stout, somewhat convoluted. Abdomen extending a little beyond 

 the hind wings ; apical tuft quadrate. Legs moderately stout ; spurs 

 long. Wings rather broad. Fore wings subfalcate ; costa slightly 

 convex ; exterior border bent in the middle, its fore part concave. 

 Hind wings with the exterior border very slightly undulating. 



This genus, like Pterhemia and several others, is very closely 

 allied to the Noctuites. 



