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M. nebula Schs. (42 k) is separated by double transverse lines, the posterior of which is somewhat nebula. 
filled up with whitish, the maculae being finely surrounded with red-brown, the reniform macula not white- 
centred, the undulate line finely double. Hindwing of a pure white, at the costal margin strewn with brownish, 
in the $ dark brown. Brazil. 
M. mursa Schs. (42 k). Forewing purple brown, strewn with white, the posterior transverse line only mursa. 
single, not dentate, the reniform macula beneath and above open, in the $ beneath with a white spot; the 
undulate line as in nebula. Hindwing of a pure white, at the apex brownish, in the $ darker. Brazil. 
M. marginata Schs. (42 k) is on its grey ground strewn with dark brown, in the cell-end and below marginata. 
it tinted with reddish, with fine red-brown transverse lines, the posterior line distally with vein-dots and 
irrorated with whitish, the small grey maculae surrounded with brown; the grey undulate line is proximally 
shaded with red-brown. Hindwing in the of a pure white, at the margin brownish, in the $ quite brown, 
the $ forewing being irrorated with a more red-brown colour. Brazil. 
M. holophaea Drc. (42 k) is one of the largest species, of a deep red-brown colour strewn with black, holophaea. 
with faint black transverse lines, behind the distal line with vein-dots, and with small indistinct lighter maculae 
in the somewhat darkened ground of the cell. Hindwing dark brown. Peru. 
M. albivifta Hmps. (42 k) is one of the smallest species, light reddish-brown, with punctiform transverse aTbivitta. 
lines, the ring-macula being a black dot, the reniform macula yellow, irrorated with red, with a white stripe 
below it as far as the postmedian line; marginal area irrorated with blackish. Hindwing light brownish. Jamaica. 
— A variety exhibits behind the reniform macula a blackish spot (= ab. 1 Hmps.). 
M. dileuca Hmps. (42 k) is easily discernible from albivitta by the white longitudinal stripe being double dlleuea. 
from the lower cell-end to the posterior transverse line; ground-colour more yellowish reddish-brown, the 
distal half of the costal margin and the hind-margin are strewn with fiery red, both the maculae are yellow 
small spots strewn with red, the posterior transverse line is a double row of dots, the apex is parted by a whitish 
patch. Brazil, Argentina. 
126. Genus: &ellc»nis Sm. 
Distinguished by a stunted proboscis and correspondingly short palpi; the frons is smooth, the thorax 
clad with hair and hair-like scales, in front and behind with loose tufts. The abdomen is long, at the base 
covered with rough hair, tuftless. Forewing comparatively narrow. Only one North American species is known : 
S. cinereola Sm. (43 a) is a red-brown species strewn with a greyish white, with a somewhat darkened dnercola. 
median area; the transverse lines are white, the reniform macula is a white streak-spot with a darkened area 
behind it, the other maculae being absent; the rvhite undulate line is proximally shaded with brown. Hindwing 
greyish-brown with a reddish tint. Colorado. 
127. Genus: 8tib»<Ifurn Grt. 
Proboscis well-developed, the palpi straightly porrect with a short terminal joint; frons with a large 
round horny projection with raised margins and a horny plate below it. The thorax is roughly scaled, in front 
and behind with small loose tufts; anterior tibiae on the inside armed with a long bent claw. Abdomen tuftless. 
Forewing with a somewhat produced apex and an oblique margin. The range of the species extends over North 
and Central America. 
S. olvello Barnes (43 a) is very different from all the others and easily discernible by the large white olvello. 
spot below the cell and the bent white streak in the lower cell-end. Hindwing white, feebly tinted yellowish. 
From New Mexico. 
S. concinna Dyar (43 a). Forewing greyish-white, strewn with dark brown, behind the distal transverse concinna. 
line with a blackish costal-marginal spot, the maculae surrounded with white, the ring-macula centred with 
velvety black; before the whitish undulate line there are small blackish spots. Hindwing white, at the margin 
brownish. Mexico. 
S. laodamia Drc. (43 a) is the largest species with red-brown forewings which are in some places strewn laodamia. 
with dark brown, in the marginal area lighter, with red-brown transverse lines and a large semicircular velvety 
brown spot behind the distal line at the costal margin; the maculae are large, surrounded with dark brown. 
Hindwing red-brown. From Mexico. 
S. curiosum Neum. (43 a) is marked very much like laodamia, but much smaller, the forewing is more curiosum. 
greyish-brown, strewn with white, in the central area blackish. Hindwing light brown, at the margin darkened. 
Arizona, Mexico. 
S. murisca Schs. (43 a) is as large as laodamia (43 a), but with light grey forewings strewn with brown, murisca. 
with white veins and a large brown costal-marginal spot before the apex; the transverse lines are light, the 
anterior line almost removed into the centre, behind it the ring-macula which is surrounded with white; in 
the large reniform macula being surrounded with light there is yet a light discal streak; below the cell a black 
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