Revision of the American Notodontidx. 285 



Eustema, gen. nov. 



Antennae pectinated for four-fifths of their length. Palpi porrect, 

 short. Legs moderately hairy. Wings long, fairly broad. Primaries : 

 veins 3 and 4 apart ; 5 from above middle of discocellular ; 6 from 

 upper angle of cell ; 7, 8, 10 from end of areole. Secondaries : 

 vein 8 close to 7 to end of cell ; 3 and 4 from a point ; 6 and 

 7 stalked. 



Type. Eustema dam, Druce. 

 Dara, Druce (Stilpnotia ?), Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist. (6) 

 xiii, p. 355 (1894); Biol. Centr. Amer. Lep. Het., ii 

 (Notodonta), p. 463, t. xcii, f. 1. 



Tecmessa. 



Tecmessa, Burm., Desc. Rep. Arg., v, p. 504 (1882). 



Antennas with short basal pectinations in the male, serrate in the 

 female. Palpi short, hairy, not extending beyond frons. Tibia 

 with long hairs ; tarsi smooth. Primaries fairly broad ; the costal 

 and inner margins straight ; the outer margin rounded ; vein 6 from 

 upper angle of cell ; 7, 8, 10 from end of long areole. Secondaries 

 broad ; the costal margin rounded ; veins 3 and 4 apart ; 6 and 7 

 stalked. 



Type of Genus. T. annulipes, Berg. 

 Annulipes,~Berg. (Thosea), Ann. Soc. Arg., v, p. 186 (1878) 

 = Phyllis, Druce (Cerura), Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist. 

 (7) v, p. 517 (1900). 

 Elegans, Schs., sp. nov., t. xi, f. 4. 



Tecmessa elegans, sp. nov. 



Head and thorax white, posteriorly on the latter a large black 

 spot. Abdomen grey above, white below. Primaries dull greyish- 

 white ; basal and inner fine geminate black transverse lines, angled 

 at margins and forming two outward curves between ; a fine gemi- 

 nate outer line, irregular and forming inward curves between the 

 veins, preceded and followed on the costa by some black markings, 

 and followed at the inner angle by a large black spot ; some smaller 

 subterminal black spots. Secondaries white, with a broad terminal 

 smoky band and a large blackish spot at the anal angle ; fringe 

 white. 



Expanse 42 m.m. 



Hah. Castro, Parana. 



