Revision of the American Notodontidx. 277 



Crinodes striolata. 



Head and thorax violaceous-brown. Body pale brown. Primaries 

 brown irrorated with dark velvety striae, especially in the median 

 space and beyond the cell ; the median space on inner margin 

 nearly black ; the base and basal third of costa lighter brown, 

 limited by a light brown line outwardly oblique from inner margin 

 near the base to subcostal vein, where it forms two long dentations 

 on costal margin to near the middle of wing ; these dentations 

 made more distinct by a blackish line ; a dark transverse discal 

 streak ; a faint dark shade representing the outer line ; the outer 

 margin shaded with violaceous-grey ; subterminal dark points 

 most conspicuous above vein 5 ; a terminal dark line ; fringe basally 

 light brown, outwardly dark brown. Secondaries lighter brown ; 

 a broad subterminal darker shade. 



Expanse 76 m.m. 



Hah. Pernambuco, Brazil. 



Crinodes nelulosa. 



Head dark grey. Thorax posteriorly dark velvety-brown ; the 

 patagiae and collar grey. Abdomen ochreous dorsally ; some greyish 

 hairs at base and laterally ; anal tuft brown. Primaries dark grey ; 

 a discal streak preceded by some lighter grey scales ; some paler 

 grey scales at base and along inner margin ; a darker shade beyond 

 the cell, divided by the outer line, which is broad, light grey, slightly 

 curved inwardly below vein 6 ; a terminal lunular pale grey line. 

 Secondaries pale brown at base shading to dark brown on outer 

 margin ; some grey scales at anal angle ; fringe buff above vein 3, 

 dark grey below it. 

 Expanse 59 m.m. 



Hah, Tucuman. 



Poresta, gen. nov. 



Antennae fasciculate. Palpi porrect, nearly smooth ; third joint 

 long. A large frontal tuft. Primaries broad ; costal margin straight ; 

 apex acute ; outer margin straight, well rounded at inner angle ; 

 vein 6 from areole near cell ; 7, 8, 10 from end of areole. Second- 

 aries : outer margin rounded, slightly obtuse towards anal angle ; 

 veins 3 and 4 from lower angle of cell ; 6 and 7 on short stalk. 



Type. P. lanassa, Druce. 

 Lanassa, Druce (Edema), P. Z. S., 1890, p. 509; Biol. Centr. 



Amer. Lep. Het., ii, t. xc, f. 9. 

 Thermesia, Feld. (Nystalea), Reise Nov., t. xcvii, f. 9 (1874). 



