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NOTODONTA Ochs. 



Body stout. Proboscis distinct, very short. Palpi short, por- 

 rect, pilose, not extending beyond the head ; third joint very 

 minute. Abdomen extending for one-third or one-half of its length 

 beyond the hind wings. Legs stout, femora and tibiae densely 

 pilose ; hind tibiae with four rather long spurs. Wings somewhat 

 long, rather narrow or moderately broad. Fore wings nearly 

 straight in front, rounded at the tips, very oblique and slightly 

 denticulated along the exterior border ; interior angle very oblique ; 

 interior border tufted in the middle ; discal areolet intersected by 

 a secondary forked vein ; three inferior veins, second thrice further 

 from the third than from the first. Male. Antennae moderately 

 pectinated. Female. Antennae simple. 



1. N. angulosa Sm. Abb.- Figured in Smith. & Abbot, pi. 83. 



Male. Crested ; primaries fawn-color, with black flexuous lines 

 and streaks, back porrect ; secondaries whitish. Female. Prima- 

 ries fawn-color, with white spots and three luteous bands; second- 

 aries pale testaceous, with a fuscous subapical costal spot. 



Georgia. 



C. B. M. 



2. N. basistriens Walk. C. B. M. 1000. 



Male. Cinereous, hoary beneath. Head, thorax, and fore wings 

 partly clothed with black hairs. Proboscis testaceous. Antennae 

 tawny. Thorax with a slender black band between the fore wings. 

 Abdomen slightly testaceous. Pore wing, with a testaceous patch, 

 whict occupies the basal third part of the wing, is bordered with 

 black and has a brownish disk; the adjoining part of the wing has 

 a whitish tinge, which is widest in front, and beyond it is a slender 

 undulating oblique brown band, which is obsolete towards the 

 costa ; the wings beyond are indistinctly mottled. Hind wings 

 whitish for about two-thirds from the base, with a slight discal un- 

 dulating grayish band, which corresponds to the band of the fore 

 wings. Length of the body 8 lines ; of the wings 19 lines. 



New York. 



C. B. M. 



