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XOCTUIDJE. 
Genus PHJEOBLEMMA, nov. 
Type, P. dares, Stoll (Phalcena Noctua), Cram. Pap. Exot. 
iv. p. 42, pi. 310. f. G (1780) ; Druce, Biol. Centr.-Am., 
Het. i. p. 401 (1890). 
Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint 
reaching to vertex of head and broadly scaled in front, the 
3rd long, fringed with hair in front and not dilated towards 
extremity ; frens smooth ; eyes large, round ; antennae 
of male typically with strong fasciculate serrations ending 
in bristles ; thorax clothed with hair and scales mixed and 
without crests ; tibiae moderately fringed with hair ; abdomen 
with dorsal series of crests, divided on 2nd, 3rd and 4th 
segments. Fore wing with the costa nearly straight, the apex 
produced and acute, the termen rather excised below apex and 
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 about one- 
third length of wing ; veins 3, 4 from angle ; 5 fully developed 
from just above angle ; 6, 7 from upper angle ; 8 anastomosing 
with the cell near base only. 
Phseoblemma albipuncta, n. sp. 
Head, thorax, and abdomen pale grey-brown mixed with 
fuscous ; palpi with the 3rd joint white at base ; pectus, 
legs and ventral surface of abdomen pale grey-brown, the 
fore tarsi fuscous ringed with white. Fore wing pale grey- 
brown suffused with fuscous ; a blackish subbasal striga from 
costa . antemedial line black defined on inner side by 
ochreous, incurved in cell and angled outwards below median 
nervure ; a black point in middle of cell ; medial line double, 
blackish, sinuous ; postmedial line black defined on outer 
side by ochreous, oblique from below' costa to vein 6, incurved 
at discal fold and below' vein 5 ; subterminal line indistinct, 
whitish, waved, incurved below' vein 3 and with small white 
spot at submedian fold ; a series of black points defined on 
outer side by white before termen ; cilia with a fine pale line 
at base. Hind wing pale grey-brown suffused with fuscous ; 
a blackish discoidal bar and white point at lower angle 
of cell ; medial and postmedial lines closely approximated, 
oblique, black, the former defined on outer side by 
whitish, the latter by ochreous : subterminal line indistinct, 
whitish, waved ; a series of black striae before termen defined 
on outer side by white, a fine dark terminal line and pale line 
at base of cilia ; the underside grey irrorated with brown, a 
dark discoidal bar, indistinct waved medial and postmedial 
lines and subterminal shade. 
