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joint acuminated, not half the length of the second. Tongue short. 

 Abdomen oblanceolate, not extending quite so far as the hind 

 wings. Legs moderately stout; hind tibiae with two minute apical 

 spurs. Wings moderately broad, not long. Fore wings slightly 

 convex in front ; the hind* angle somewhat rounded ; first and 

 second inferior veins almost contiguous at the base; third about 

 eight times nearer to the second than to the fourth. 



I. H. fucosa Buhner. Exot. Sclimett. 21, 236, f. 471-2. 



Rose-colored. Abdomen with a broad dorsal gray band. 



Wings gray. Fore wings with the borders and a furcate stripe, 



rose-colored. Hind wings with the basal half rose-colored. 



Georgia. 



Walker. 



LYMIRE Walker. 



Female. Body stout, elongate-fusiform. Head large. Palpi 

 stout, slightly curved, a little shorter than the head ; third joint 

 conical, very small, not one-fourth of the length of the second. 

 Tongue of moderate length. Antennas setaceous, moderately pec- 

 tinated, rather more than half the length of the body. Abdomen 

 extending for nearly half its length beyond the hind wings. Legs 

 slender, rather long ; hind tibiae with four minute spurs. Wings 

 very narrow, somewhat pointed. Fore wings straight in front for 

 two-thirds of the length, conical towards the tips, very oblique 

 along the apical border, very obtusely angular behind ; £rst and 

 second inferior veins united for a short space from the base ; third 

 very near the second ; fourth remote from the third. 



1. L. melanocephala Walker, 490. 



Hoary. Head, antennae, and palpi black. Head, palpi, and 

 fore coxae thickly clothed beneath with pale luteous hairs. Pro- 

 thorax clothed with pale luteous hairs. Abdomen blackish, pale 

 luteous beneath. Anterior legs brown, with testaceous femora ; 



