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2. Gracilodes Nysa. 



Cervlno-cinerea ; abdomen apiee fusciim ; aim suhtus albo-cinerece ; 

 aatiece lineis tribm fascia, exteriore arcuata subdentata^ or- 

 biculari obscura punctifortni, reaiformi e maculin duabus 

 connexis albis ; posticce lineis duabus fascis, exteriore 

 recta, macula apud angulum interiorem violaeeo-chalybea. 



Gracilodes Nysa, Guen. Noct. iii. 369, 1851. 



Genus 19. MARMORINIA. 



Corpus Iceve. Proboscis brevis. Palpi longissimi, arcuati, 

 squaraosi, ascendentes, capite remoti ; articulus 2us coxiformis ; 

 3us 2o an^uluin fingens, lenuis, linearis, compressus, acutus, 2u 

 non brevior. AutenniB breves, pubescentes, ciliis remotis vix con- 

 spicuis. Thorax brevis, ovatus, squamosus. Abdomen breve, 

 crassum. Pedes breves, sat robusti, parce pilosi. Alae oblongae, 

 excisae, dentatse, concolores, liluris confusis marraoralis non diversis 

 subtus concisis. Mas. — Abdomen pilis apicalibus compressis. 

 Fcem. — Abdomen cylindricum, valde obtusum» 



-Marmorinia, Gue?i. Noct. iii. 370. 



Body smooth. Proboscis short. Palpi curved, squaraose, very 

 long, ascending at a distance from the head ; second joint coxiform ; 

 third slender, linear, compressed, acute, not shorter than the second, 

 with which it forms an angle. Antennae short, pubescent; the cilias 

 slender, short, much isolated, hardly visible. Thorax short, oval, 

 squamose. Abdomen short, stout, with compressed apical hairs in 

 the male, cylindrical and very obtuse in the female. Legs short, 

 rather stout, slightly pilose. Wings oblong, alike in colour, and 

 with like markings; the latter confused and marbled, and on the 

 under side well defined. 



North America. 

 1. Marmorinia epionoides. 



Foem. Ferrugineo'fusca , alee parum dentatce^ fasciola media 

 arcuata saturate fusca, reniformi alba fusco strigata, litura 

 costali trigona alba, linea interiore valde incompleta, margine 



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