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GYMNOPLOCIA; NEODIRADES; NEOPLEMA; NOTOPTYA. By M. Gaede. 
orbiferata. 
brevidens. 
anodontia. 
■sp urc aia. 
candidata. 
deruptaria. 
fuscularia. 
dark brown. The interior one twice excurved, the exterior one incurved, edged with white scales outside. Margin 
narrowly dark, with a black spot below vein 4. Veins 10 and 11 of forewing not stalked. $ 18 mm. Costa Rica. 
G. orbiferata Warr. (172 e) in the shape of the wings and in the marking does not resemble the other 
species of Gathynia. Forewing dark violettish brown. A bent dark median line is traceable. Exterior line at % 
costal margin, dark brown, excurved as far vein 6, then parallel with the margin, somewhat inward below vein 
2. Hindwing reddish brown, with a dark bent median line. Hindwing rounded at the distal margin, without 
dents. $ 19 mm. Peru. 
38. Genus: Ciryiiiiioplocia Warr. 
Similar to Dirades, but there is no hair-pencil in the fold of the $ hindwing, but a short hair-tuft at 
the base at the inner margin. A large hyaline spot in the base of the cell, the costal margin slightly undulated, 
without hair. Vein 11 of forewing nearing 12 as in Epiplema, but not fused with it. Only 2 species. 
G. brevidens Dogn. (172 f) is somewhat similar to Ep. acutangularia (171 e), but smaller, and the fore¬ 
wing almost lacks the excision, on the hindwing the dent at vein 7 is not longer than the one at vein 4. Greyish 
yellow, strewn with black scales. Forewing with 2 large spots opposite to each other, edged with dark brown, 
filled with violet. A violet shadow at the anal angle, brown at the margin between veins 6 and 4. Hindwing 
with 2 sharply angled lines, the interior one less distinct. A black spot at the margin between veins 3 and 4. 
22—24 mm. Venezuela. 
G. anodontia Dyar has been described as an Epiplema , but as it is compared with brevidens (172 f), we 
place it here. Wings grey with a brown reflection. Interior and exterior lines of forewing interrupted and trans¬ 
formed into a large triangle at the costal margin, as well as a thick bow at the inner margin. A straight dark 
line is at the margin between vein 3 and the apex. Lines of hindwing irregular, bent parallel. 18—20 mm. 
Described according to a couple from C-osta Rica and Mexico. 
39. Genus : Xeodirades Warr. 
Little different from the genus Dirades Wkr. which is chiefly distributed in the Old World. Vein 11 of 
forewing strongly fused with 12, vein 5 arises a little above the middle of the cross-vein. A small scent-spot 
below vein 1 near the base in the and $. In the hindwing of the <§ the inner margin is folded, and there 
is no hair-pencil in the groove. Only 1 species, in the marking quite different from Dirades. 
N. spurcata Warr. (172 f). Light greyish brown, the ’median band somewhat darker, twice as broad 
at the costal margin as at the inner margin, broadly edged with white. An interrupted black line from the apex 
to the anal angle. Hindwing of $ similar to the forewing. In the $ the whole hindwing is white above vein 5, 
with a dark exterior line in it. The inner-marginal half is blacker. 15—17 mm. Peru. 
40. Genus: ]$, eoplema Warr. 
The only species looks like an Epiplema, the neuration is also similar. Veins 3 -j- 4 and 6 -f 7 of the 
hindwing, however, rise on short stalks. The main difference consists in the antennae showing one row of pectin¬ 
ations. 
N. candidata Warr. (172 f). Yellowish white, densely dusted with brown. Interior line of forewing 
marked by three black dots, vertically below each other as far as into the submedian fold, besides a dot at the 
upper end of the cross-vein. Exterior line marked by a. bent row of spots. A spot below the costal margin, 
two at veins 4 and 2 at the inner margin, the last 4 luniform, edged with rusty brown inside. A bent black 
line before the excision, a few brown spots before the margin. Hindwing with a blackish indistinct interior 
line. Exterior line white, edged with brown inside, straight as far as below vein 4, far outward, then dentate 
to % inner margin. A few spots behind it at the costal margin and 2 below the lower dent. $ 20—22 mm. 
Peru, Bolivia. - deruptaria Dyar (i. 1.) (173 a). Lines only indicated yet by small shadowy spots. Mexico. 
41. Genus: Jfotopt^a Warr. 
Also similar to Epiplema in the neuration. Vein 5 of forewing arises a little below the upper cell-angle. 
In the <$ the distal margin extends at vein 2 inward on % its length parallel with the costal margin, the inner 
margin projects towards the base in a lobe. The distal margin is concave behind the cell. Only 1 species. 
N. fuscularia Warr. Reddish yellow with dispersed dark scales. Lines of forewing fine. Interior line 
indistinct, extra-angular] in the middle. The exterior line from 2 / s costal margin vertical to the middle, then 
obliquely inward, parallel with the interior line. Marginal area paler, a dark spot at the anal angle. 4 black 
dots in front at the distal margin. Hindwing with a bent exterior line and traces of an interior line. Two black 
dots before the dents. <$ 14 mm. Brazil. 
