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With regard to Agra it may very properly be 

 subdivided into three sections, according as the 

 species are toothed at the extremity of the wings, 

 and into a fourth where the dentation is evanescent. 

 There are about 50 known species in the European 

 cabinets, for an account of them Vid. Etudes 

 Entomologiques, by Laporte, vol. 1. page 45. 



Sp. 3. Attelaboides. — The Baron De Jean has 

 stated his opinion that this is an American insect. 

 I have received it from the East Indies and can 

 therefore substantiate the authority of Fabricius, 

 he describes it with a remark, " Habitat in India 

 Orientali, Prsecedenti affinis videtur, an satis dis- 

 tincta;" the dentation at the extremity of the wings 

 of Agra settles the question. I regard it as the 

 type of a new genus closely allied to Casnonia, and 

 consequently belonging to the Odacanthidse instead 

 of Agra. 



Odacantha, Fabricius. 



The following genera belong to the Odacanthidae, 

 Monsieur Laporte de Castelneau is the first person 

 who raised it to the rank of a family. 



