442 CATALOG OE OF 



angle of the exterior border. Length of the body 4 lines; of the 

 wings 10 lines. 



a. Venezuela. From Mr. Dyson's collection. 



Genus 58. UZEDA. 



Mas etfam. Corpus robustum. Proboscis conspicua. Palpi 

 obtusi, oblique ascendentes, capitis latitudine breviores ; articulus 

 3us brevissimus. Antennae glabrae. Abdomen alas posticas non 

 superans. Pedes robusti, longiusculi ; tibiae fimbriatae. Alaeanticae 

 saepissime falcatae, litura vitrea, costa dilatata et excavata. 



Male and female. Body stout. Frontal tuft prominent. Pro- 

 boscis distinct. Palpi obliquely ascending, obtuse, shorter than the 

 breadth of the head ; third joint extremely short. Abdomen not 

 extending beyond the hind wings. Legs stout, rather long; tibiae 

 fringed ; spurs long. Wings ample. Fore wings generally falcate, 

 often with a vitreous mark ; costa often gibbous towards the base, 

 excavated exteriorly ; exterior border slightly convex, hardly or 

 slightly oblique. 



Type, N. vitriferana. 



1. UZEDA VITRIFERANA. 



Fcem. Subcliolybcpo-rufeseens, subtus fusca ; abdomen subtesta- 

 cev?n; ala anticce falcatte, nigro conspersa?, costa exteriore 

 pallidiore, lineis duabus diffiisis nigris, la undulata, 2a den- 

 ticulata, macula intermedia subcostali obliqua vitrea, costa 

 basi gibbosa extus excavata ; posticce ceneo-fusca. 



Female. Reddish, with a slight chalybeous gloss, mostly 

 brown beneath. Abdomen dull testaceous. Fore wings falcate, 

 tinged with chalybeous, speckled with black, paler along the exterior 

 part of the costa ; two diffuse black lines, the first undulating, the 

 second denticulated ; a large intermediate oblique subcostal vitreous 

 spot, with some nearly erect scales along its inner side ; a small tuft 

 of erect scales in the fore part of the disk near the base ; costa gib- 

 bous towards the base, excavated exteriorly; exterior border slightly 

 convex, not oblique. Hind wings aeneous-brown. Length of the 

 body 7 — 8 lines ; of the wings 18 — 20 lines. 



a — d. Ega. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



