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Genus PARARCTE, nuv. 
Type, P. schneider iana, Stoll ( Phalcena Noctua), Cram. Pap. 
Exot. iv. p. 37, pi. 308. f. A (1780) ; Druce, Biol. Centr.-Am., 
Het. ii. p. 509 (1898). 
Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint 
reaching to middle of frons, smoothly and rather broadly 
scaled, the 3rd short and thickly scaled ; frons smooth ; eyes 
large, round ; antennse of male almost simple ; thorax clothed 
with hair and hair-like scales and without crests ; tibiae 
moderately fringed with hair ; abdomen with crests on three 
basal segments, the crests on 2nd and 3rd segments divided. 
Fore wing rather narrow, the apex rounded, the termen 
obliquely curved and crenulate ; veins 3, 4 from angle of cell ; 
5 from above angle ; 6 from upper angle ; 9 from 10 anastomo- 
sing with 8 to form a long areole. Hind wing with the termen 
rather produced at veins 4, 3, 2 ; the cell about half the length 
of wing ; veins 3, 4 from angle ; 5 fully developed from above 
angle ; 6, 7 from upper angle ; 8 anastomosing with the cell 
near base only. 
Genus EUTELEPHIA , nov. 
Type, E. aureopicta, Kenrick (Eutelia), Trans. Ent. Soc. 1917, 
p. 91, pi. iv. 
Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint 
reaching to about middle of frons, moderately scaled in front 
and fringed with hair behind towards extremity, the 3rd 
moderate and smoothly scaled ; frons with rounded prominence; 
eyes large, round ; antennae of male with fasciculate cilia ; 
thorax clothed with hair and scales mixed, the pro- and meta- 
thorax with spreading crests ; tibiae slightly fringed with hair ; 
abdomen with dorsal series of crests, the crest on 2nd segment 
very large, spreading and formed of spatulate scales. Fore 
wing with the apex rounded, the termen excised below vein 4, 
not crenulate ; veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell ; 6 from 
upper angle ; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the areole ; 
11 from cell. Hind wing with the cell half the length of wing ; 
veins 3, 4 from angle ; 5 fully developed from well above angle ; 
6, 7 from upper angle ; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base 
only. 
Genus CATEPHIA. 
Catephia, Ochs. Schmett. Eur. iv. p. 94 (1810), non 
descr., Treit. Schmett. Eur. v. (3) p. 320 (1S2(5) ... leucomelas, Linn. 
JEdia, Hiibn., Verz. p. 260 (1827) leucomelas, Linn. 
Anophia, Guen., Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. x. p. 248 (1841), 
non descr., id. Noct. iii. p. 45 (1852) leucomelas, Linn. 
Idicara, Walk., Journ. Linn. Soc., Zool. vii. p. 172 
(1862) olivacea, Walk. 
Zarima, Moore. Lep. Atk. p. 162 (1882) dentifera, Linn. 
Ecpatia, Turner, P. Linn. Soc. N.S.W. xxvii. p. 85 
(1902) longinquua, Swinh. 
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