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Pseudorthosia Grt. 
1874, Bull. Buff. Soc. Nat. Sci. II, 161 (type, variahilis Grt.). 
Eyes naked. Palpi upturned with slightly porrected third joint; 
second joint fringed with long hair beneath; third joint smooth-scaled. 
Front bulging and roughened. Male antennae bifasciculate. Tibiae all 
strongly spined; fore tibia subequal in length to first tarsal joint, smooth- 
scaled, with a complete row of strong spines on each side; terminal spines 
stoutest; mid tarsi with a fourth row of spines on outer side laterally. 
Thoracic vestiture rough, hairy, with no appreciable tufting. 
Figure 5. Male genitalia of Pseudorthosia variahilis Grt. 
Male%Genitalia. Clasper rounded apically, without corona; harpe 
attached at an angle to the apex of the rather weak sacculus; slightly 
excurved and projecting over costa. Uncus narrow, curved, with pointed 
apex. Clavus obsolescent. Juxta a broad, weakly chitinized plate with 
rounded posterior margin. Aedoeagus strengthened at apex by a thicken- 
ing of the chitin, forming a slightly curved bar; vesica with minute apical 
cornutus. 
The position of this highly specialized genus, containing the single 
species variahilis Grt., is a little doubtful. The tibial and tarsal armature 
and the roughened front seem, however, to indicate a position near Euxoa, 
and this is more or less borne out by the type of genitalia. 
Pseudoseptis gen. nov. 
Type, Agrotis grandipennis Grt. 
Eyes naked. Palpi upturned, with slightly porrect third joint; second 
joint moderately fringed with hair below, third joint smooth-scaled. Front 
somewhat bulging but smooth. Male antennae ciliate. Tibiae all spined; 
fore tibia longer than first tarsal joint, with complete row of spines on both 
inner and outer sides; mid tarsi with partial fourth row of spines on outer 
side laterally. Thoracic vestiture appressed, consisting of hair and hair- 
like scales with traces of small pro- and inetathoracic tufts. 
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