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CATALOGUE OF 
This genus is very distinct from Arctia , with which the Synop- 
sis, p. 586, associates it. 
1. Minara pardalina. 
Mas. Nigro-fusca ; proboscis et antennae fulva ; palpi nigri ; 
thorax fasciculis duabus lateralibus pallide testaceis ; abdo- 
minis segmenta testaceo fasciata ; pedes ex parte testacei ; alee 
anticae pallide cervince , maculis basalibus , strigis exterioribus 
guttisque marginalibus nigris ; posticce subtas pallidiores. 
Male. Blackish brown. Proboscis and antennae tawny. Palpi 
black. Thorax with a tuft of long pale testaceous hairs on each 
side. Abdomen with a testaceous band on the hind border of each 
segment. Legs partly testaceous. Fore wings pale fawn-colour, with 
irregular black spots on half the length from the base, and with 
black streaks on the exterior half; a row of black dots along the ex- 
terior border. Hind wings paler beneath. Length of the body 
7 — 8 lines; of the wings 18 lines. 
Brazil. In Mr. Saunders’ collection. 
Genus MASSICYTA. 
Mas. Corpus robustum. Proboscis non conspicua. Palpi 
caput superantes ; articulus 3us elongatus, acuminatus, 2o brevior. 
Antennae subpectinatae, thorace longiores. Abdomen alas posticas 
non superans. Pedes validi ; tibiae posticae calcaribus duobus api- 
calibus parvis. Alae latiusculae ; anticae apud costam vix convexae, 
apice rotundatae, margine exteriore mediocriter obliquo. 
Male. Body stout. Proboscis not visible. Palpi extending 
somewhat beyond the head ; third joint elongate, acuminated, 
shorter than the second. Antennae minutely pectinated, rather 
longer than the thorax. Abdomen extending as far as the hind 
wings. Legs stout; hind tibiae with two short apical spurs. Wings 
rather broad. Fore wings hardly convex in front, rounded at the 
tips, moderately oblique along the exterior border ; second inferior 
vein as near to the third as to the first; third almost six times 
further from the fourth than from the second. 
1. MASSICYTA FUSC A. 
Mas. Fusca ; antennae testaceee ; abdomen vittis lateralibus 
apieeque luteis ; alae testaceo conspersae ; anticae litura discali 
angulata ; posticae apud discum cinereae. 
