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CATALOGUE OF 



rately broad, not denticulated. Fore wings acute, straight along 

 the costa, rather oblique and slightly convex along the exterior 

 border. 



1. Itonia opistographa. 



Cinerascens aut pallidissime cervina ; alcB lineis plurimis ohliquis 

 subrectis in fascias subcoUocatis fuscescentibus, punctis sub- 

 marginalibus nigris ; anticce punctis duobus discalibus nigris. 



Itonia opistographa, Guen. Noct. iii. 212, 1614. 



«, b. Honduras. From Mr. Dysons collection. 



2. Itonia lignaris. 



Rufescente-fulvescens ; alee lineis transversis plurimis mediis et 

 exterioribus nigris, punctis submarginalibus nigris; anticcB 

 subfalcatoe, guttis duabus discalibus nigris. 



Itonia lignaris, Hiibn. Zutr, f. 317, 318; Verz, Schmeit, 271, 

 2673. 



America. 



Genus 4. BENDIS. 



Corpus vix crassum. Proboscis mediocris. Palpi erecti ; ar- 

 ticulus 2us rectus aut subarcuatus, sat valid us et pilosus ; 3us 

 nudus, filiformis, 2i dimidio non longior. Antennae maris pubes- 

 centes aut ciliato-crenulatas. Thorax subquadratus, villoso-squamo- 

 sus. Abdomen alas posticas non superans, maris subtus medio 

 saepissime lanuginosum. Pedes longiusculi ; femora antica maris 

 lanuginosa, s^spe fasciculata. Alae sat latee, integrae aut subden- 

 tatse, plus minusve angulosse, concolores, lituris distiactis non 

 diversis ; anticae acutae. : 



Bendis, Hiibn. Verz. Schmett, 269. Guen. Noct. iii. 213. 



Body hardly stout. Proboscis of moderate length. Palpi 

 vertical; second joint straight or slightly curved, moderately stout 

 and pilose ; third bare, filiform, about half the length of the second. 

 Antennae of the male pubescent or ciliate-crenulate* Thorax sub- 

 quadrate, villose-squamose. Abdomen not extending beyond the 

 hind wings, that of the male often lanuginose in the middle beneath. 

 Legs rather long; fore femora of the male lanuginose, often tufted. ^ 



