1476 CATALOGUE OF 



South America. 



Group 1. 



Fcem. Corpus robustum, pilosum. Palpi pilosi, crassi. An- 

 tennae subpectinatse, thorace breviores. Abdomen apice lanugino- 

 sum, alas posticas vix superans. Pedes validi piiosi. Alae longius- 

 cula?, non lata?; antics apud costam recta?, apice rotundatae, 

 margine exteriore obliquo. 



Female. Body stout, pilose. Palpi pilose, very stout. An- 

 tennae slightly pectinated, shorter than the thorax. Abdomen 

 lanuginose at the tip, extending very little beyond the hind wings. 

 Legs very pilose, the fore legs especially so. Wings rather long, not 

 broad. Fore wings straight along the costa, rounded at the tips, 

 oblique along the exterior border ; interior angle much rounded ; 

 three inferior veins ; first and second contiguous at the base; third 

 rather remote. 



2. PCECILOCAMPA PEIMITIVA. 



Foem . Cinereo-nigra ; palpi hasi fulvi ; thoracis latera antica 

 fulva ; abdomen subtus utrinque apiceque fulvum ; alee antica 

 macula parva discali nigra fasciisque duahus duplicatis un- 

 dulosis cervinis, apud marginem exteriorem cance maculis ni- 

 gricantibus ; posticce fascia exteriore subobsoleta cana. 



Female. Grayish black. Palpi tawny at the base. Thorax 

 tawny on each side in front. Abdomen tawny along each side be- 

 neath and at the tip. Pectus and posterior legs clothed with pale 

 fawn-coloured hairs. Fore wings with a small black discal spot, 

 and with two undulating double oblique pale fawn-coloured bands ; 

 nearly one-third of the surface along the exterior border hoary, with 

 a marginal row of blackish spots; veins fawn-colour. Hind wings 

 with an indistinct hoary band near the exterior border. The four 

 wings gray beneath. Length of the body 9 lines ; of the wings 26 

 lines. 



Rio Janeiro. In Mr. Fry's collection. 



3. POECILOCAMPA ? NUDA. 



Fcem. Cervina ; alee cinerea, ex parte albo marginatce; venis 

 cervinis ; antica strigis exterioribus inter venas nigris. 



Phalaena-Bombyx nuda, Cram. Pap. Exot. iv. 33, pi. 306, f. B. 

 Megalopyge nuda, Hubn. Verz. Schmett. 185, 1908. 



Surinam. 





