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Edema humilis. 



Mas. Cinerea ; palpi porrecti, supra nigricantes, articulo So 

 conico ; thorax fasciis duabus nigricantibus ; abdomen albido- 

 cinereum, puncto basalt nigro, fasciculo apicali fuscescente ; 

 alee anticce pallide cinerea, viridescente tincte, lineis quinque 

 angulosis strigaque discali nigris, plaga exteriore rufescente, 

 plaga marginali nigricante strigas duas albas includente, 

 strigis tribus nigris strigaque alba costalibus subapicalibus ; 

 postica albido -cinerea, linea marginali diffusa fuscescente, 



Male. Cinereous. Palpi porrect, slender, blackish above, not 

 extending beyond the head; third joint conical, about one-fourth 

 of the length of the second. Antennae fawn-colour, moderately pec- 

 tinated, serrated at the tips. Thorax with a slight greenish tinge, 

 and with two blackish bands. Abdomen whitish cinereous, with a 

 black point at the base, tapering from the base to the tip, extending 

 somewhat beyond the hind wings ; apical tuft brownish. Fore 

 wings pale cinereous, with a slight greenish tinge at the base and 

 along most of the Costa ; rive zigzag transverse black lines, of which 

 four are antemedial and one postmedial ; a transverse black streak 

 at the end of the discal areolel ; an exterior reddish patch contiguous 

 to a blackish patch, which extends to the exterior border and con- 

 tains two white streaks ; three black costal subapical streaks, accom- 

 panied on the outer side by a white streak. Hind wings whitish 

 cinereous, with a pale brownish diffuse marginal line. Length of 

 the body 7 lines ; of the v\ings 18 lines. 



Most allied to E. unicornis, from which it may be distinguished 

 by its longer wings. 



a. North America. From Mr. Carter's collections. 



Edema nana. 



Mas. Subcervino-cinerea ; palpi porrecti, compressi, lati, caput 

 longe supe r antes ; aim anticce subacute, macula postica sub' 

 rhomboidali lineaque arcuuta subinterrupta atris, fascia lata 

 obliqua pallide cinerea; postica cinerea, venis margineque 

 exteriore fuscis. 



Male. Cinereous, tinged with fawn-colour. Proboscis yel- 

 lowish. Palpi porrect, compressed, broad, pubescent, extending 

 much beyond the head ; second joint slightly fringed above; third 



