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Genus 50. EUTCEA. 



Fcem. Corpus gracile. Frons non fasciculata. Proboscis 

 brevis, tenuis. Palpi breves, graciles, porrecti, caput perpaullo su- 

 perantes ; articulus 3us minimus. Antennae graciles, simplices. 

 Thorax brevis. Abdomen longum. Pedes longi, graciles; tibiae 

 posticae subincrassatae, calcaribus non longis. Alae amplae, tenues ; 

 anticae longae, acuta?, costa subconvexa, margine exteriore recto per- 

 obliquo ; posticae costa subdilatata, margine exteriore angulato. 



Female. Body slender. Front not tufted. Proboscis short, 

 feeble. Palpi short, slender, porrect, extending very little beyond 

 the head : third joint very minute. Antennae slender, simple. 

 Thorax short. Abdomen long. Legs long, slender ; hind tibiae 

 somewhat incrassated; spurs not long. Wings ample, delicate. 

 Fore wings long, acute ; costa slightly convex ; exterior border 

 straight, extremely oblique. Hind wings little more than half 

 the length of the fore wings ; costa somewhat dilated ; exterior 

 border distinctly angular. 



1. EUTCEA. PEES0NAR1A. 



Fcem. Pallide testacea ; alee fusco transverse sabstrigatce, linea 

 fusca recta valde obliqua antice obsoleta ; antiece punctis 

 marginalibus nigricantibus ; posticce linea 2a indeterminata 

 valde interrupta. 



Female. Pale testaceous. Wings minutely and transversely 

 speckled with brown ; a brown straight line, which is most dis- 

 tinct on the hind wings, and extends from before the middle of 

 their interior border towards the tips of the fore wings, on ap- 

 proaching which it becomes obsolete. Fore wings with blackish 

 marginal points. Hind wings with some slight traces of a more 

 exterior line, of which the middle part is quite obsolete. Length of 

 the body 1\ lines ; of the wings 21 lines. 



a. ? Presented by E. Doubleday, Esq. 



Genus 51. CCENINA. 



Mas et fcem. Corpus sat robustum. Frons non fasciculata. 



•Proboscis subobsoleta. Palpi porrecti, breves, caput paullo su- 



perantes; articulus 3us minimus. Antennae breviusculae. Pedes 



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