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1. Adricara ALBODISCATA. 



Mas. Nigricante-fusca, subtus argenteo-alba ; thorax tesUceo bivit- 

 tatus; alee anticce disco lestaceo-albido subhyalino, fascia sub- 

 marginali cinerea diffusa interrupta, costa cinereo varia, 

 punctis marginalibus nigris. 



Male. Blackish brown, silvery white beneath. Thorax with 

 a testaceous stripe on each side. Fore wings with a whitish tes- 

 taceous-tinged and slightly hyaline disk ; a cinereous diffuse and 

 interrupted submanrinal band ; marginal points black ; costa mostly 

 cinereous. Length of the body 4 lines; of the wings 10 lines. 



a. Ega. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



Genus 63. JOCARA. 



Foem. Corpus laeve, vix robustum. Proboscis nulla. Palpi 

 graciles, erecti, verticem louge superantes; articulus 2us apicein 

 versus subh'mbriatus ; 3us lanceolatus, *2i dimidio vix brevior. An- 

 tennas graciles, breviusculae. Pedes sat graciles. Aire anticae sub- 

 aeutae, inargine exteriore sat obliquo. 



Female. Body smooth, hardly stout. Proboscis obsolete. Palpi 

 slender, erect, rising much higher than the vertex ; second joint 

 slightly tufted above towards the tip ; third lanceolate, hardly half 

 the length of the second. Antennas slender, rather short. Legs 

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

 moderately broad, nut or hardly elongated, with a very short fringe. 

 Fore wings slightly acute; costa straight; exterior border very 

 slightly convex, rather oblique. 



1. JOCARA FRAGILIS. 



Fcem. Alba ; caput el thorax fusco suffasa ; alee anticce basi 

 margineque interiore fuscis, plaga con tali fasciaque submar- 

 ginali fuscis nigro conspersis, punctis marginalibus nigris 

 elongatis, subtus fuscescen/e-cirtereee lilura costali subapicali 

 alba ; posticce subliyalince, subiridescentes, margine exteriore 

 fuscescente. 



Female. White. Head and thorax tinged with brown. Fore 

 wings brown at the base and about the interior border; a costal 

 patch and a diffuse submarginal band brown, black-speckled ; 

 marginal points black, minute, elongated ; under side brownish 



