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Proelymiotis, gen. nov. 



Antennae fasciculate. Palpi porrect, second joint long. Head 

 with high crest. Tibiae hairy. Wings broader than in Nystalea. 

 Primaries : outer margin crenulate ; veins 3 and 4 apart ; 5 from 

 just above centre of discocellular ; 6 from upper angle of cell ; 7, 8> 

 10 from areole. Secondaries : veins 3 and 4 from a point ; 6 and 7 

 on short stalk. 



Type. P. tequipars, Walk. 



JEqitipars, Walk. (Nystalea), Cat. Lep. Het., B. M. xv, p. 

 1742 (1858) = Se7ninivea, Walk. (Heteroeampa), Char. 

 Lep. Het., p. 17, n. 28 (1869) = Divisa, Moschl. (Ny- 

 stalea), Verh. Zool.-bot. Ges. Wien, xxxii, p. 343, t. 18, 

 f. 32 (1883). 



Xylophasioides, Butl. (Etobesa), Trans. Ent. Soc. Loud., 

 1878, p. 68. 



Arpia, Schs., sp. nov. 



Proelymiotis arpia, sp. nov. 



Primaries : outer two-thirds of costal and inner margins pale buff, 

 otherwise violaceous-brown, with paler intervenal longitudinal lines 

 towards the outer margin ; a whitish subterminal spot between veins 

 3 and 4 ; traces of a buff, lunular, outer line between veins 2 and 5 ; 

 a thick dark streak below the median vein on the basal half. 

 Secondaries brown ; the fringe buff. 



Expanse 40 m.m. 



Hab. Rio Janeiro, Brazil. 



Lysana. 



Lysana, Moschl., Verh. Zool.-bot. Ges. Wien, xxxii, p. 

 347 (1883). 



9 . Antennae serrate-fasciculate ; a long tuft of hair at base of 

 antenna. Palpi upturned, extending above head ; second joint long 

 third joint very short. Fore legs very hairy. Primaries broad ; 

 apex not acute ; costal margin before apex slightly depressed ; outer 

 margin rounded ; vein 5 from above middle of discocellular ; 6 from 

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

 short stalk ; 6 and 7 on longer stalk ; 8 diverging from near base of 

 cell. 



Type. Lysana plexa, Moschl. 

 Plexa, Moschl., 1. c, p. 348 (1883), t. 18, f. 36. 

 Plusiana, Schs., sp. nov. 



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