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CATALOGUE OE 
Brown. Antennae black. Fore wings with a diffuse dark 
brown patch near the base and with a broad marginal dark brown 
band ; a row of black dots along the costa and two silvery marks 
near the base. Length of the body 14 lines ; of the wings 28 lines. 
a. Brazil. Presented by E. Doubleday, Esq. 
b. Brazil. 
Genus 7. ZE^ZERA. IX 
Corpus robustum. Palpi brevissime aut mediocriter longi. 
Antennae thorace breviores. Abdomen longiusculum, alas posticas 
longe superans. Pedes validi, subnudi ; tibiae vix calcaratae. Alae 
angustae ; anticae subacuminatae, apud costam rectae, margine exte- 
riore perobliquo. Mas. — Antennae latissime pectinatae, dimidio 
apicali simplices. Fcem. — Antennae simplices, graciles. Oviductus 
conspicuus. 
Latagia, H'ubn. Verz. Schmett. 196. 
Zeuzera, Latr. ; Leach ; Samou. ; Steph. ; Curt. ; Boisd. ; Meig. ; 
fyc. 
Phalaena-Noctua, p., Linn. 
Cossus, p., Fabr. ; Ochs. 
Hepialus, p., Schr. 
Bombyx, p., Haw. 
Morpheis, p., H'ubn. Verz. Schmett. 196. 
Chalcidica, Hubn. Verz. Schmett . ( Phalcence Fodicantes Teredines 
Graciles ), 197. 
Xyrena, Boisd. Herr.-Schceff. Lep. Exot. Sp. Ser. 1. 
Eudoxyla, Boisd. Herr.-Schceff. Lep. Exot. Sp. Ser. 1 . 
Cossus, p., Boisd. Herr.-Schceff. Lep. Exot. Sp. Ser. 1. 
Body stout. Palpi very short or of moderate length. Antennae 
slender, shorter than the thorax. Abdomen rather long, extending 
far beyond the hind wings. Legs stout, almost bare ; hind tibiae 
with two very minute apical spurs. Wings narrow. Fore wings 
slightly acuminated, straight along the costa, extremely oblique 
along the exterior border ; discal areolet intersected by a forked 
veinlet; second superior vein forked at half its length; second infe- 
rior vein more than twice further from the third than from the first ; 
third a little further from the fourth than from the second. Male . — 
Antennae very deeply pectinated, bare from half the length to the 
tips. Female. — Antennae bare. Oviduct exserted. 
