﻿1518 CATALOGUE OF 



Genus 6. EPIDROIMIA. 



Corpus vix robustum. Palpi asceudentes, arcuati ; articulus 

 2us eusiformis, villosus ; 3us brevis, uudus, filiformis, acuminatus. 

 Antennae liliformes, maris vix crenulatse. Thorax subrotundatus. 

 Abdomen cylindricum, productum, subtus et apice lanuginosum, 

 apice obtusum. Tibiae anticce validae, fasciculate ; posticae graciles. 

 Tarsi nudi. Alae robustae, velutinse, inte^rae, suboblougae; anticte 

 acutae, apud costam subconvexae, margine exteriore perobliquo ; 

 posticae raargine exteriore subangulato. 



Epidromia, Guen. Noct. iii. 325. 



Body hardly stout. Palpi ascending, curved; second joint 

 ensiform, villose ; third short, bare, filiform, acute. Antennae fili- 

 form, hardly crenulaie in the male. Thorax somewhat rounded. 

 Abdomen cylindrical, elongate, woolly beneath and at the tip, 

 which is obtuse. Fore tibiae stout, with tufts of woolly and com- 

 pressed hairs; middle tibiae with tults of hairs at the knees ; hind* 

 tibiae slender. Tarsi bare. Wings robust, velvety, entire, some- 

 what elongated. Fore wings acute, slightly convex along the costa ; 

 exterior border very oblique. Hind wings with the exterior border 

 slightly angular. 



Guenee refers to this genus Hemeroblemma lienaris, Hiibn., 

 noticed in page 1242 of the Catalogue. 



1. Epidkomia pannosa. 



Fusco-cinerea ; pedes antici fasciculis metallica-cmereis ; genua 

 fasciculis ochraceo-flavis ; alcE violaceo tincta, ynargine exte- 

 riore saturate fusco, linea pallide ochraceo-flava obscuro mar- 

 ginata^ umbra mediana plus minusve conspicua : anticce linea 

 communi arcuata, linea interiore undulata^ orbiculari nigra 

 punctiformi. 



Epidromia pannosa, Guen. Noct. iii. 326, 179). 



Brazil. 



2. Epidromia Zetophoea. 



E. Pannosae simillima ; alee anticce reniformi bene determinata 

 atra angusta G-formi ; alee quatuor maculis exterioribus 

 fuscis, punctis sulnnarginalibus nigris, 



Epidromia Zetophora, Guen. Noct. iii. 326, 1792. 



Brazil. 



