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South America. 



3. Palthis spectalis. 



Mas. Pallide carneo-cinerea ; alee anticce umbra media obligua 

 apiceque nigricantibus , linea inleriore pallida flexa nigro 

 lineata lineolam pallidam emittente, orbiculari ovata obliqua 

 rufo-fusca, reniformi nigro-fusca, lineis exleriore et submar- 

 ginali pallidis indistinctis parallelis valde undulatis. 



Clauyma spectalis, Guen. Belt, et PyraL 95, 129. 



Brazil. 



4. Palthis agroteralis. 



Foem. Pallide carneo-cinerea ; alee angustce, subfalcatee, margine 

 exteriore sat flexo, lineis interiore et cxteriore indistinctis ni- 

 gricantibus undulatis parallelis, umbra media lata obliqua 

 nigricante, linea submarginali pallida latissime interrupta; 

 posticce pallidiores. 



Clanyma agroteralis, Guen. Belt, et PyraL 96, 131. 



Brazil. 



The four following species hardly helong to Palthis, and may 

 be separated from it when the affinities of the other genera are more 

 understood. 



5. Palthis? Arc as alis. 



Mas. Fuscescente-cinerea aut cana, crassa, pilosissima; palpi 

 robusti, dense pilosi, thoracis marginem posticum fere attin- 

 gentes ; antenna* subserratee, corporis dimidio non longiores ; 

 abdomen alas posticas paullo superans, tateribus apicem versus 

 fasciculatis ; pedes densissime pilosi ; alee angusta ; antica 

 apice rotundatee, fusco conspersa, vitta fusca discali lata ab- 

 bremata nonnunquam interrupta ; posticce pallidiores. 



Male. Brownish cinereous, very stout and pilose. Palpi stout, 

 densely pilose to the tips, resting on the thorax and extending 

 nearly to the hind border; second joint curved ; third almost as long 

 as the second. Antennas stout, subserrate, not more than half the 

 length of the body. Abdomen densely tufted ou each side towards 

 the tip, extending: a little beyond the hind wings. Legs most 

 densely pilose. Wings rather narrow. Fore wings speckled with 



