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Head, thorax, and abdomen olive gray, sprinkled with dark green 
scales. 
Kapanse of wings.—40 mm. 
Locality.—One male from Peru. 
Type.—Cat. No. 11401, U.S.N.M, 
Subfamily NHPHODIIN 2%. 
NEPHODIA MARCIDA, new species. 
Fore wing.—Semitransparent, dull whitish; costa above subcostal 
vein dull gray; the whitish area is bounded by a curved dark gray 
shade from top of discocellular to three-fourths of inner margin, be- 
yond which the wing is smoky gray, darkest along the hind margin, 
the space immediately beyond the curved limiting shade showing as 
a curved paler fascia; veins and fringe gray; a slight gray spot at 
middle of inner margin. 
Tind wing.—Similar, but the dark marginal area narrower; the 
costal broader. 
Under side like upper; the pale space in the darker margin at its 
center. 
Head, thorax, and abdomen whitish; palpi and antenne blackish. 
Haupanse of wings.—s0 mm. 
Locality.—One male from Bolivia. 
Type.—Cat. No. 11402, U.S.N.M. 
Subfamily SHLIDOSEHMIN 4%. 
CALVERTIA, new genus. 
Fore wing.—Costa nearly straight, with only a faint curve at base 
and apex; apex distinct; hind margin faintly curved; inner margin 
somewhat convex; anal angle distinct. 
Tind wing.—Ample; both angles and the hind margin rounded. 
Antenne simple, filiform; palpi porrect, the second segment hairy, 
the third smooth, spatulate, shghtly decumbent ; abdomen with shght 
lateral tufts; hind tibie of male swollen, containing a large tuft of 
fluffy hairs. 
Neuration.—Fore wing, cell half as long as wing; discocellular ver- 
tical above, oblique below middle; first median nervule just beyond 
middle, second at seven-eighths; radials normal; both subcostal and 
median veins bent inwards at extremity; 7, 8, and 9 stalked from 
the bend; 10 and 11 separate from cell; hind wing, costal and sub- 
costal approximated for about half of cell; veins 3 and 7 before ends 
of cell. 
A genus of stout and strongly built insects. 
Ty pe.—Calvertia fumipennis, new species. 
Asestra izquierdii Bartlett-Calvert will be referable here. 
The genus is named after William Bartlett-Calvert, author of the 
species Just mentioned. 
