1138 CATALOGUE OF 



Country unknown. 



13. Nyssia rufesce>"s. 



Mas et foem. Ferrugineo-rufa ; abdomen fulvum ; alee, anticce 

 nitentes. subtus postic&que iota testacece. Mas. — Alee anticce 



vitta discali fuscescente ; posticce apud marginem interiorem 

 fulvcz. 



Male and female. Ferruginous-red. Abdomen tawny. Fore 



wings shining, testaceous beneath. Hind wings testaceous. Male. 



— Fore wings with a brownish discal stripe. Hind wings tawny 



along the interior border. Length of the body 7 — 8 lines ; of the 



wings 16 — 20 lines. 



In the collection of Mr. Saunders. 



Genus 24. NE.ERA * 



Corpus robustura. Proboscis non conspicua. Palpi validi, 

 porrecti, pilosi, caput paullo superantes ; articulus 3us conicus, mi- 

 nimus. Abdomen alas posticas nou superans. Pedes validi, dense 

 pilosi ; tibia posticas calcaribus duobus minutis apicalibus. Alae 

 lata, non longs ; arnica apud costam fere recta, apice rotundata, 

 margine exteriore obliquo wis. convexo. Mag. — Antenna? serrats. 

 triente basali mediocriter pectinatae. Fcem. — Antennas simplices. 



Neara, Herr.-Schceff. Lep. Exot. Ser. 1. 

 Limacodes, p., Westw. 



Body stout. Proboscis not visible. Palpi stout, porrect, 

 pilose, extending a little beyond the head ; third joint conical, very 

 minute. Abdomen extending as far as the hind wings. Le^s 

 stout, densely pilose; hind tibia with two minute apical spurs. 

 H ings broad, not long. Fore wings nearly straight along the costa, 

 rounded at the tips, oblique and very slightly convex along the ex- 

 terior border; interior angle rounded ; first, second and third infe- 

 rior veins nearly equidistant from each other; fourth more remote. 

 Male. — Antenna moderately pectinated to a little beyond one-third 

 of the length, serrated from thence to the tips. Female. — Antenna 

 simple. 



Note. — N. tricolor differs somewhat in structure from the other 

 species of the genus; its fore wings being hardly oblique along the 

 exterior border. 



* Norn bis ledum. 



