1712 CATALOGUE OF 
This genus is very distinct from Arctia, with which the Synop- 
sis, p. 586, associates it. ' 
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1. MINARA PARDALINA. 2 
Mas. WNigro-fusca; proboscis et antenne fulva; palpi nigri ; 
thorax fasciculis duabus lateralibus pallide testaceis ; abdo- 
minis segmenta testaceo fasciata; pedes ex parte testacet ; ale 
antice pallide cervine, maculis basalibus, strigis exterioribus 
guttisque marginalibus nigris ; postice subtus pallidiores. 
Male, Blackish brown. Proboscis and antenne tawny. Palpi 
black. Thorax with a tuft of long pale testaceous hairs on each 
side. Abdomen with a testaceous band on the hind border of each 
segment. Leys partly testaceous. Tore wings pale fawn-colour, with 
irregular black spots on half the length from the base, and with 
black streaks on the exterior half; a row of black dots along the ex- 
terior border. Hind wings paler beneath. Length of the body 
7—8 lines; of the wings 18 lines. 
Brazil. In Mr. Saunders’ collection. 
Genus MASSICYTA. 
Mas. Corpus robustum. Proboscis non conspicua.  Palpi 
caput superantes ; articulus 3us elongatus, acuminatus, 20 brevior. 
Antenne subpectinate, thorace longiores. Abdomen Alas posticas 
non superans. Pedes validi; tibie postice calcaribys duobus api- 
calibus parvis. Ale latiuscule; antice apud costam vix convexe, 
apice rotundate, margine exteriore mediocriter obliquo. 
Male. Body stout. Proboscis not visible. Palpi extending 
somewhat beyond the head; third joint elongate, acuminated, 
shorter than the second. Antenne minutely pectinated, rather 
longer than the thorax. Abdomen extending as far as the hind 
wings. Legs stout; hind tibiz with two short apical spurs. Wings 
rather broad. Fore wings hardly convex in front, rounded at the 
tips, moderately oblique along the exterior border; second inferior 
vein as near to the third as to the first; third almost six times 
further from the fourth than from the second. 
1. MASSICYTA FUSCA. 
Mas. Fusca; antenne testacee; abdomen vittis lateralibus 
 apiceque luteis ; al@ testaceo consperse ; antice litura discali 
angulata ; postice apud discum cineree. 
