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LEPIDOPTERA. 
signata, p. 11, pi. xxiv. fig. 9, Bireta pallida, pi. xxv. figs. 10 & 11, Dicra- 
nura felina and Peridea gigantea, figs. 3 & 6, p. 12, Hypodonta corticalis 
and Gelastocera exiista, figs. 7 & 2, pi. xxiv., and Gonoclostera latipennis, 
pi. xxvii. fig. 2, p. 13. 
Dicranura vinula. Parasites on larva ; S. C. Curtis, Ent. xi. pp. 251 
& 252. 
Stre.blota, Hiibn. (intermediate between Stauropus and Notodonta) re- 
characterized, and S. nesea. Cram., and vidua, Sepp, noticed ; C. Berg, 
An. Soc. Arg. v. pp. 177-180. The larva of S. nesea is figured by H. 
Burmeister, Desc. Rep. Arg. v. pi. xxiii. 
Notodonta bicolora ; J. Chappell, Ent. M. M. xiv. pp. 234 & 235. 
Cnethocampa processionea noticed ; Brants, Tijdschr. Ent. xxi. pp. 
Ixxxvii.-lxxxix. C. solitaria, Freyer : habits of larva ; 0. Staudinger, 
Hor. Ent. Ross. xiv. p. 363. 
Tifama simois. Walk., and probably also megalops, Sepp, = chera, 
Dru. ; simois. Cram., is a species ot Bombyeocera {Limacodidce) : A. G. 
Butler, Tr. E. Soc. 1878, p. 68. ' 
Platyodonta calpe, Feld., = Pantana rubrana. Walk. ; A. G. Butler, 
Tr. E. Soc. 1878, p. 72. 
Rosema, Walk., belongs to the Notodontidm ; R. demorsa, Feld., = 
epigena, Sepp ; id. 1. c. p. 68. 
New genera and species : — • 
Tecmessa, H. Burmeister, Desc. Rep. Arg. v. p. 504. Allied to Cerura ; 
type, 'Phosea annulipes, C. Berg, An. Soc. Arg. v. p. 186 {^Tecmessa annu- 
lipes, sp. n., Burmeister, 1. c. p. 505, Argentine Republic). 
Calledema, A. G. Butler, Tr. E. Soc. 1878, p. 65. Allied to Bdema ; 
type, C. marmorea, sp. n., 1. c. ; add C. sodalis, sp. n., 1. c. p. 66, pi. iii. 
fig. 7, Amazons. 
Leptosphetta, id. 1. c. p. 67, Allied to Sphetta and Calledema ; type, L. 
rabdina, sp. n., 1. c., Rio Jutahi. 
Olceclostera, id. 1. c. p. 70. Allied to Ichthyura ; type, 0. irrorata, 
ep. n., 1. c., Rio Jutahi. 
Orthoclostera, id. 1. c. Allied to the last and to Ichthyura ; type, 0. 
peculiaris, sp. n., 1. c., Rio Negro. (Appears also to be allied to Ingura, 
which is wrongly classed with the Noctuce ; 1. c. p. 71.) 
Datanoides, id. Ent. M. M. xiv. p. 206. Allied to Anzabe, but with the 
aspect of Datana ; type, D.fasciata, sp. n., 1. c. p. 207, Japan. 
Closterothrix, P. Mabille, Bull. Soc. Z. Fr. iii. p. 91. Allied to Cra- 
ter onyx ; type, C. gambeyi, sp. n., Madagascar. 
Edema pulchra, A. G. Butler, Tr. E. Soc. 1878, p. 64, pi. iii. fig. 6, 
Amazons. 
Hyboma talce, C. Berg, An. Soc. Arg. v. p. 184 {Edema talce, H. Bur- 
meister, Desc. Rep. Arg. v. p. 506, Buenos Aires). 
Etobesa xylophasioides, A. G. Butler, 1. c. p. 68, Rio Jurud. 
Rosema fulvipennis, id. P. Z. S. 1878, p. 387, St. Paulo. 
Tifama exusta, id. Tr. E. Soc. 1878, p. 68, pi. iii. fig. 10, Rio Jutahi. 
Closteromorpha modesta, id. 1. c. p. 69, Parentins. 
Lepasta conspictia, id. /. c. p. 71, Rio Negro. 
