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anterior transverse line very fine, at the costal margin towards the base spotted ochreous, the posterior line 
punctiform, double, in the lower half proximally accompanied by a straight dark line, at the costal margin 
distally spotted ochreous; the undulate line consists of small black internerval spots and is situate close behind 
it. Hindwing blackish-brown. Expanse of wings: 35 mm. Guatemala. 
38. Genus: Apoxestisi gen. nov. 
Rather closely allied to the Indian genus Paraxestia. Proboscis well developed, middle palpal joint 
obliquely erect, in front long-haired, last joint moderately long, porrect, scaled. The frons exhibits a very slight 
longitudinal ridge like in Feltia; eyes bare, ciliated; male antennae scaled, with some angular projections in the 
basal halves, so that they look as if they were serrate, here with ciliary tufts, in the distal halves plainly ciliated. 
Head and thorax long-haired, prothorax and metathorax with loose, scarcely parted tufts, the first abdominal 
ring with a very long parted tuft; abdomen especially at the base, laterally and at the anus very long-haired. 
Anterior tibiae spineless, long-haired, middle and posterior tibiae strongly spined. Margin of forewing finely 
undulate. Only one species: 
A. ioglauca Zerny (11 e). Forewing deep brownish-violet, in the proximal half basally, in the discal ioglauca. 
area and anally with large olive-greenish spots, the same colour appearing to a smaller extent in the marginal 
area subapically and in the cell; three deep velvety brown, interrupted transverse lines traverse the wing, all 
of them beginning double at the costal margin and bordered with entirely isolated yellowish-white scales, the 
most intensely at the undulate line, and here, particularly in the anal half, creating the impression of a white 
line; traces of a reniform macula and a ring-macula, the latter more intermixed with white . Hindwing in both 
sexes white with a dark discal dot and traces of a subterminal line. Bolivia (Cuesta de Cillutincara). 
Subfamily: Haderiinae. 
This family is characterized by the hairy eyes and by the absence of spines on the middle and posterior 
tibiae. Proboscis mostly well developed, palpi generally rather short, frons mostly smooth, occasionally provided 
with projections. The eyes often show very long, conspicuous hairing which, however, may also be very short 
and scanty; occasionally there are long cilia bordering on the eyes above; also in this group there occur smaller 
genera with an „anartoid“ type and small, bean-shaped or reniform eyes. The thorax is clad with pure scales 
alternating with pure hair in all transformations, in the former cases mostly with more abundant tufts on the 
prothorax and metathorax, as well as at the base of the abdomen. As to the biology, the larvae chiefly live on 
so-called low plants and grasses; there occur but very few larvae living on trees. Compare also what has been 
told about the Hadeninae in Vol. Ill, p. 66, and Vol. XI, p. 67. 
1. Genus: Trldiestra limps. 
Small, rather robust species, the thorax covered with hair and coarse scales and exhibiting loose tufts; 
palpi erect, the second joint in front hairy; the frons is smooth, the eyes bordered with long cilia; the abdomen 
shows dorsal tufts. The genus contains a dozen of only Central and South American species. 
T. stigmatosa Dyar is olive green on the forewing, strewn with blackish, the most densely in the basal stigmatosa. 
area; ring-macula and reniform macula are united into a two-pointed white spot, the space behind it is dusted 
black as far as the postmedian line; the dentate, white undulate line is only visible at the costal margin, below 
it it disappears in black shading and reappears in the centre of the margin in the shape of 3 small white spots; 
anal angle shaded with black; fringes speckled black and white. Hindwing blackish with speckled fringes. 
Expanse of wings: 25 mm. Mexico (Zacualpan) in August. 
T. nigropunda Drc. (13 h) has red-brown forewings being olive-green in the basal area and on the nigropunc- 
fringes, strewn with blackish ; no maculae except the white, black-edged streak of the reniform macula; trans- ia 
verse lines indistinct, double, the posterior line dentate, both lines separated afar; the white undulate line 
consists of 2 angles with a jet-black crescentiform spot behind it on the discal fold. Hind wing blackish-brown 
with ochreous yellowiscli fringes. Mexico. 
T. viridipicta Dogn. is a somewhat larger species from Peru (La Paz) with moss-green forewings, in the viridipicta. 
basal area mixed with yellowish pink and with irregular black transverse stripes. Maculae light green, 
bordered with ochreous yellow; the distal and proximal halves of the wings are strewn with black, the 
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