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CATALOGUE OF 
Genus LAUDOSIA. 
Fcem. Corpus crassum. Proboscis robusta. Palpi robusti, 
fere erecti, caput superantes; articulus 2us fusiformis; 3us cylin- 
dricus, 2i dimidio vix brevior. Antennae simplices. Thorax et pectus 
dense lanuginosa. Pedes robusti, glabri ; tibiae posticae non incras- 
satae. Alae longee, amplae, densae, integrae, margine exteriore per- 
obliquo ; anticae apud apices productae, peracutse, costa perparum 
convexa, margine exteriore recto vix angulato. 
Female . Body thick. Front not prominent. Proboscis robust. 
Palpi stout, nearly vertical, ascending higher than the head; second 
joint fusiform ; third cylindrical, nearly half the length of the second. 
Antennae simple. Thorax and pectus densely lanuginose. Abdomen 
not extending so far as the hind wings. Legs robust, smooth ; hind 
tibiae not incrassated ; spurs short. Wings long, ample, stout, 
entire; exterior border very oblique. Fore wings with the tips pro- 
longed and very acute ; costa very slightly convex ; exterior border 
straight, with the exception of an extremely slight angle in the middle. 
Hind wings with the exterior border slightly convex ; interior angle 
prominent. 
Laudosia Buddloraria. 
Fcem. Albido-testacca ; alee nigra subconspersee , linea exteriore 
undulata e punctis nigris, punctis marginalibus minimis ; an- 
ticce linea exteriore nigro unimaculata, linea interior e e punctis 
duabus aut tribus nigris , plaga subtus ochracea subapicali. 
Geometra Buddloraria, Morritz , MSS. 
Female. Whitish testaceous, more whitish beneath. Abdomen 
minutely black-speckled. Wings very thinly and minutely black- 
speckled, with an exterior undulating line of black points ; a row of 
very minute marginal points on the veins, these points most distinct 
on the under side. Fore wings with a black discal spot on the exte- 
rior line ; an interior line indicated by two or three black points ; 
under side with an ochraceous subapical patch. Length of the body 
7\ lines ; of the wings 23 lines. 
Venezuela. In Mr. Saunders’ collection. 
