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CATALOGUE OF 



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 Nematocampa Nyparia. 



Mas. Pallide Jlava ; caput supra albidum ; antenna simplices; 

 thorax antice fuscus ; tibia posticce vix incrassatae ; alas bre~ 

 viuscula, linea obliqua tenui albida, puncto diseali nigro, 

 margine exieriore angulato ; anticm fusco dense conspersa, 

 linea antice arcuata nigro punctata, costa basi fusca, apice 

 rectangulato ; postica fusco transverse strigatm, linea recta, 

 linea interiore ferruginea subundulata, gutta diseali macula- 

 que postica nigris. 



Male. Pale yellow. Head whitish above. Antennae simple. 

 Thorax brown in front. Hind tibiae hardly incrassated. Wings 

 rather short; line whitish, slender, oblique; black discal point dis- 

 tinct ; exterior border distinctly angular. Fore wings thickly 

 speckled with brown ; line curved in front, with black points, of 

 which the largest is costal ; costa brown at the base ; tips acutely 

 rectangular. Hind wings transversely streaked with brown ; line 

 straight ; an interior slightly undulating ferruginous line ; a black 

 spot near the interior angle and a black dot more in front, buth 

 equally distant from the white line. Length of the body 5 lines ; of 

 the wings 12 lines. 



Eio Janeiro. In Mr. Fry's collection. 



Genus OMIZA. 



Mas. Corpus sat robustum. Proboscis brevis. Palpi breves, 

 ascendentes, non crassi ; articulus 3us conicus, brevissimus. An- 

 tennae late pectinatae, apice simplices. Abdomen alas posticas non 

 superans ; fasciculus apicalis parvus, quadratus. Pedes validi; 

 tibiae posticas non incrassatae. Alae longae, amplae ; anticae vix 

 acutae, costa recta, margine exteriore vix convexo valde obliquo. 



Male. Body moderately stout. Proboscis short. Palpi 

 short, not thick, applied to the head ; third joint conical, less than 

 one-fourth of the length of the second Antennae broadly pecti- 

 nated, except at the tips. Abdomen not extending beyond the hind 

 wings, with a small quadrate apical tuft. Legs stout*; hind tibiae 

 not incrassated. Wings long, ample. Fore wings hardly acute; 

 costa straight; exterior border hardly convex, very oblique. 



