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Longara, Stoll., Pap. Exot. Sup., t, 18, f. 3, F., G. (1701) 

 = Lucilinea, Walk. (Bardaxima), 1. c, p. 1349 

 (1858) = Demea, Druce (Nystalea?), Ann. and Mag. 

 Nat. Hist. (6), xv, p. 50 (1895), Biol. Centr.-Amer. Lep. 

 Het., t. xcii, f. 12 = Fulgurif era. Walk. (Gozarta), 

 Char. Lep. Het., p. 18 (1869). 



Marcida, Feld., Reise Nov., t. 98, f. 2 (1874). 



Perses, Druce (Heterocampa), Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist. (7) 

 v, p. 516 (1900). 



Denier a f Schs., sp. no v. 



Bardaxima demera, sp. no v. 



Head and collar reddish-brown ; thorax dark grey. Abdomen 

 brown above, testacous below. Primaries grey, shaded with brown 

 along the costa, and beyond the outer lines ; the lines wavy, 

 irregular ; basal and inner lines geminate, dark grey ; a short dark 

 transverse median line in the cell, followed on subcostal by a small 

 greyish annular spot ; a fine black line surmounting a velvety black 

 spot at the end of the cell ; below the end of the cell ; a dark grey 

 patch : an oblique dark wavy line beyond the cell, joining the 

 outer line near the inner margin ; the outer line geminate, 

 wavy, outwardly spotted with black ; and followed by a series 

 of irregular black spots; a subterminal lunular black line, and 

 a terminal wavy black line ; an apical spot, whitish towards the base 

 and outwardly reddish-brown, enclosing a velvety black spot ; 

 fringe brown, spotted with grey. Secondaries brown, fringe paler. 



Expanse 60 m.m. 



Hob. Demerara. 



Phedosia. 



Phedosia, Moschl., Verh. Zool.-bot. Ges. Wien, xxvii, p. 691 

 (1878). 



Antenna? fasciculate, almost as long as primaries. Palpi long, 

 thickly covered with short hairs ; third joint long. Anal tuft. Legs 

 very hairy ; tarsi partly hairy. Primaries : outer margin convex, 

 slightly crenulate ; inner angle rounded ; vein 5 much nearer 6 than 

 4 ; 7, 8, 10 from end of areole. Secondaries : veins 3 and 4, also 6 

 and 7 from a point. 



Type of Genus. P. turbida, Moschl. 

 Turbida, Moschl., 1. c. (1878), t. x, f. 49. 



