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16. Bronchelia DIFFUNDARIA. 



Mas et foem. Alba ; antenna maris latissime pectinate, apice fili- 

 formes ; tibia posticce vix incrassatce, non longce ; alee cinereo 

 et fuscescente subconspersa, lineis fuscescentibus angulatis, 

 linea submarginali alba apud costam conspicua fuscoque intus 

 marginata, fascia costali brevi latissima rufescente-cervina, 

 fascia subtus submarginali incompleta. 



Male and female. White. Antennae of the male very broadly 

 pectinated to nearly five-sixths of the length. Hind tibia? hardly 

 incrassated, shorter than in other species of the genus. Wings 

 thinly cinereous- or brownish-speckled; lines brownish, slight, an- 

 gular ; submarginal line white, obsolete except towards the costa of 

 the fore wings, where it is bordered with brown on the inner side, 

 and is accompanied on the outer side by a very broad reddish fawn- 

 coloured band ; under side not speckled, with an incomplete brown 

 submarginal band. Length of the body 8 — 9 lines ; of the wings 

 22—28 lines. 



a — c. Venezuela. From Mr. Dyson's collection. 



Genus 23. STENOTEACHELYS. 



Corpus sat robustum. Frons plana, non declivis. Palpi recti, 

 valde squamosi, articulo 3o iudistincto. Antennae maris pectinatae 

 breviusculae, foem. crenulatae. Abdomen maris conicum breviuscu- 

 lum, foem. acutum oviductu exserto. Tibiae posticae vix incrassatae, 

 femoribus vix longiores, calcaribus par vis approximatis. Alae ob- 

 longae, spissas, strigatae, valde dentatae. 



Stenotrachelys, Guen. PhaL i. 290. 

 Deileptenia, p., Hubn. Verz. Schm. 317. 



Body rather stout. Front flat, vertical. Palpi straight, very 

 squamous ; third joint indistinct. Antennae pectinated and rather 

 short in the male, crenulate in the female. Abdomen rather short, 

 conical in the male, acute and with a prominent oviduct in the fe- 

 male. Hind tibiae very slightly incrassated, hardly longer than the 

 femora ; spurs short, approximate. Wings oblong, stout, streaked, 

 much dentated, with distinct lines. 



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