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rather long ; primaries oblique at the apical margin ; secondaries 

 rounded, not angulate. 



1. E. aurantiaca Hubner. 



Orange ; secondaries paler towards the base. 



United States. 



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MIOZA Walker. 



Body slender, rather short. Palpi straight, slender, a little 

 shorter than the head ; third joint linear, conical at the tip, a little 

 shorter than the second. Antennae slender, setaceous, very mi- 

 nutely pubescent. Abdomen extending as far as or a little beyond 

 the hind wings. Legs slender ; hind tibiae with four long spurs. 

 Wings long, narrow. Fore wings very slightly convex in front, 

 conical at the tips, with a somewhat rounded angle behind ; the 

 three inferior veins approximate at the base. Hind wings with 

 four inferior veins ; third approximate at the base, fourth remote. 



1. M. igninix Walk. 



Pale red or saffron-color. Head white above, pale red on the 



vertex. Palpi with black tips. Antennas black. Thorax white, 



with six black spots, one on the disk, two on each side, and one 



on the scutellum. Fore tibiae and fore tarsi brown. Fore wings 



above white with black streaks on one-third of the breadth from 



the costa and on one-third of the length from the tips ; in the rest 



of the wing there are five elongated black spots, two before the 



middle and three beyond the middle. Length of the body 3— 3J 



lines; of the wings 10 — 11 lines. 



St. John's Bluff, E. Florida. 



Walker, C. B. M. 



2. M. subfervens Walk. 



Male. Pale red or saffron-color. Head and thorax white above. 

 Antennae white towards the base. Fore wings white above with 

 many elongate brown points, and with two oblique bands of brown 

 dots, one at one-fourth of the length, the other before two-thirds 

 of the length. Length of the body 3 lines ; of the wings 10 lines. 



United States. 



Walker, C. B. M. 



