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ADONETA; MONOLEUCA. By H. G. Dyar t- 
laiescens. 
massanaria. 
postica. 
filifera. 
spinuloides. 
bicaudata. 
pygmaea. 
gemina. 
occiclentaUs. 
dlsconco- 
lorata. 
semifascia. 
T. Jaiescefss Btlr. Forewing light yellowish brown, with traces of a discal dot, no dark dusting, with 
dark veins; exterior line fine and straight, the marginal area more violettish grey. Hindwing orange straw- 
coloured, more or less tinged with dark at the inner margin. Expanse of wings: <$ 17—21 mm; $ unknown. 
Colombia. Peru, Brazil (Amazons). 
T. massanaria Dogn. resembles latescens, but it is somewhat smaller. 5 more red-brown, the veins not 
darker. Hindwing dark red-brown. Expanse of wings: $ 14, £ 17 mm. Brazil (Santarem). 
T. postica Wkr. Forewing pointed triangular, scantily scaled, with prominent veins; exterior line in¬ 
distinct, slightly bent, violettish grey, the ground-colour before it more or less red, violettish grey behind it. 
Hindwing orange with a large violettish grey spot at the produced anal angle. Expanse of wings: $ 16—22 mm; 
$ unknown. Venezuela, Guiana, Paraguay, Brazil (Amazons). 
T. filifera Dyar (165 c) is larger than 'postica, the forewing more intensely dusted with violettish grey. 
It may be only a form of postica. Expanse of wings: 20—24 mm; $ unknown. Guiana, Bolivia, Brazil. 
13. Genus: Adoneta Clem. 
Spur present on the posterior tibia. Not all the veins present on the forewing. Small insects allied to the 
Euclea, recognizable by the slightly produced apex of the forewing. Cyclopteryx Pack, is a synonym to Adoneta. 
A. spinuloides H.-S. (= voluta Clem., ferrigera Wkr., ruptilinea Wkr., leucosigma Pack., nebulosus 
Wetherby) (165 c). Forewing cinnamon brown with bent subbasal and subapical silvery lines inwardly bordered 
with grey, more distinctly in the S than in the $, connected by a bent row of black dots; a small oblong black 
spot at the cell-end, prolonged by a shadow. Hindwing brown, fringe lighter. Expanse of wings: A 15—18, 
$ 15—23 mm. The elliptical larva exhibits 2 rows of special tubercles, the subdorsal ones on the anterior and 
posterior segments are longer and of red colour; ground-colour green, dorsal area yellow, broadly filled up by 
an undulated violettish red band, strongly strangulated behind the middle. It lives on different trees in the 
forests and on shrubs. New Hampshire, New York, Maryland, North Carolina, Florida, Texas. 
A. bicaudata Dyar has light yellow forewings, the margins tinged with brown, of a purer yellow in the 
A than in the $; silvery lines and black dots as in spinuloides, but the blackish shadow at the discal dot is absent. 
Forewing light yellowish brown. Expanse of wings: A 14 —17, 9 17—18 mm. Larva oblong elliptical with 
parallel lateral margins, the last pair of horns very much prolonged; green, dorsal area and horns red; an un¬ 
dulated violettish red dorsal band forms 3 expansions each on the anterior and hindmost segments and is very 
narrow in the middle. On different trees in forests and on shrubs.' New Jersey, Maryland, North Carolina. 
A. pygrnaea G. <f- P. (165 c). Forewing bright light brown without grey shading; silvery lines as in the 
two preceding species, but less distinct, the black dots traceable with a more or less distinct dark shadow through 
the marking: discal dot absent. Hindwing light brown. Expanse of wings: A * -—14, $ 16 mm. Central Texas. 
A. gemina Dyar resembles pygmaea, but the brown shadow in the markings is more interrupted, the 
ground-colour is a duller light brown, and the hindwing is blackish brown. Expanse of wings: C 12 —14, $ 
15 mm. South Texas. 
14. Genus : Monoleiica G. & B. 
Separated from the preceding genus merely by the somewhat different shape of the wings, a more rect¬ 
angular, not sickle-shaped apex, the distal margin uniformly curved. 
Type: M. semi fascia Wkr. 
M„ oceider,tabs B. & McD. (= field! B. & .Benj.) shows lighter or darker brown forewings with darker 
shades indicating the position of the extinct subbasal and subapical lines, sometimes slightly scaled white. Fore¬ 
wing light brown, varying in intensity. Expanse of wings: A 17—21 mm; $ unknown. South California (S. Diego). 
M, discoticolorata B. d-.Benj. differs from occidentalis in the glossy silky yellowish white or almost white 
hindwings. Expanse of wings: <$ 21 mm; $ unknown. South California (S. Bernardino Mts.). 
M. semifascia Wkr. Forewing dark red-brown with a straight silvery line in the basal third from the 
inner margin into the cell; this line is thick and forms upwards two distal dents. Hindwing lighter brown. Ex¬ 
panse of wings: A 14—20, $ 22—25 mm. The stout elliptical larva shows 2 rows of spined tubercles, the anterior 
pair of each row and the posterior pair of the subdorsal row prolonged into horns. Colour dull violettish brown 
