908 NADATA; CARGIDA; MINARA; NERICE. By Dr. M. Drafdt. 
veins from the lower cell-angle of the hindwing, and beside svein 5 of forewing arises a little above the centre . 
of the cross-vein. 
Type of genus: A. mingens H.-Schaff. 
mingens. A. mingens H.-Schaff. (143 d). This gigantic well-known species has greyish-white forewings strewn 
with blackish, with 2 broad greenish-grey transverse bands; hindwing blackish, the basal portion and inner 
margin bright ochre; the black abdomen shows yellow bands. It is widely distributed in Colombia, Brazil and 
Argentina. Larva thick, green, increasing in thickness on the 3 first segments and forming a transverse pro¬ 
tuberance on the third segment, and with a broad white subdorsal line. On being touched, it spirts out a 
water-like liquid as from a syringe, for which reason it is called “myador” (= urinator) by the natives. 
albifas- A. albifasciata Schs. is much smaller with blackish-brown forewings, a yellowish-white dot at the 
cmta. p age 0 £ tpg ce ]i an q two whitish transverse bands, the anterior one of which is divided into spots, the posterior 
one broader, especially in the middle, and traversed by the dark veins. Hindwing unicoloured blackish-brown. 
Abdomen with yellow transverse lines on the black ground. Exjmnse of wings: 50 mm. Argentina. 
8. Genus: ]JTaclata Whr. 
Antennae pectinated to the tips, palpi short. The thorax bears a rather high sharp dorsal ridge. 
Eorewing with a notched distal margin, neuration similar as in the preceding species, but vein 7 of forewing 
free and not stalked with the higher ones. Hindwing as in Anurocampa. America has but one typical represen¬ 
tative, but there are several other species occurring in the eastern palaearctic region. 
Type of genus: N. gibbosa Abb. & S?n. 
gibbosa. N. gibbosa Abb. cb Sm. (143 c) has light ochreous forewings with 2 brown transverse lines convergent 
towards the inner margin, and a whitish discal streak. The species is found from Canada to California, Florida, 
and Texas. The dull green larva with a whitish dorsum, a yellow lateral stripe and red stigmata lives on oak, 
behrensii. but also on other foliaceous trees, such as maple, birch and plum. — f. behrensii Edw., which is hardly worth 
being denominated, is somewhat larger, forewings lighter and more pointed on an average; it is the form 
double- from the western coast. — The type of the form doubledayii Pack, shows the palpi beneath and the front legs 
dayii. somew p a p darker, whilst other specimens lack the mostly double white discal dot which is then replaced by 
rubripen- a darker blotch. — f. rubripennis Neum. & Digar is the name of darker rusty reddish specimens. — f. orego- 
ms - nensis Btlr., however, denotes dark blackish-brown specimens with more brownish-grey hindwings. From 
oregonen- ° ^ ° 
sis. Oregon. 
9. Genus: Carghla Schs. 
Distinguished from the preceding genus by more smoothly margined fore wings; vein 3 of hindwing 
arises separated from 4, and vein 6 is not stalked with the subcostal branch. The genus contains but one 
species from Mexico. 
Type of genus: C. pyrrha Drc. 
pyrrba. C. pyrrha Drc. (143 d). The whitish-grey species exhibits two sharply notched transverse lines and^al- 
most black hindwings; it is particularly distinguished by the orange abdomen. The is much darker and 
intensa. smaller. The species is known from Mexico, but it has also been reported from Arizona. — f. intensa Pothsch. 
is the name of this latter form which is much darker with more distinct markings than those of typical specimens. 
10. Genus: Mfnara Wkr. 
Antennae of d pectinated, of $ plain, the hairy palpi straightly porrect, with a rather long terminal 
joint. Vein 5 of the relatively broad forewing arises from the centre of the cross-vein, 6 from the upper cell- 
angle ; veins 8 and 9 on a short stalk at the end of the long accessory cell. The two branches on the hindwing 
arise separately from the lower cell-angle, those from the upper one being stalked. The only South-American 
species resembles an Arctiid. 
Type of genus: M. histrionica H.-Sclidff. 
hisirionica. M. histrionica H.-Schdff. (= pardalina Wkr.) (143 d) has a blackish-brown body with a yellowish- 
curled abdomen and light yellowish-brown forewings with irregular black spots assuming the shape of longi¬ 
tudinal stripes in the distal half. Brazil. 
11. Genus: Nerlce Wkr. 
The only American representative of this genus which occurs also in the eastern palaearctic region 
has a structure similar to that of Minara from which it chiefly differs in vein 6 arising from the end of the 
accessory cell, and a shorter terminal joint of the palpus. 
