d elongated; the exterior pair intersected by the black veins.
Hind wings with two vitreous spots, of which one is basal and the other
discal. Length of the body 4 lines; of the wings 9 lines.
Fam. LITHOSIIDAE.
Gen. NYCTEMERA, _Huebner_.
7. NYCTEMERA MUNDIPICTA, n. s. _Mas et Foem._ Fusca; capite thoraceque
albo vittatis; abdomine albo guttis dorsalibus fuscis; alis anticis basi
albo venosis, fascia exteriore obliqua postice abbreviata alba, posticis
albis fusco marginatis. _Foem._ Thorace fascia postica lutea, abdomine
fusco fasciis albis; alis anticis fascia latiore vix abbreviata.
_Male._ Brown. Head and thorax with white lines. Antennae moderately
pectinated. Pectus with black spots, luteous on each side. Abdomen
white, with brown dorsal dots; tip luteous. Legs white. Fore wings with
white veins towards the base, and with an exterior oblique white band,
which is narrower hindward, and ends at some distance from the interior
border. Hind wings white, with a broad brown border. _Female?_ Larger.
Antennae slightly pectinated. Thorax with a slight luteous band in front,
and another hindward. Abdomen brown, with a white band on the hind
border of each segment; under side white, with brown spots along each
side. Fore wings with the band much broader, hardly straightened
hindward, and ending very near the interior border. Length of the body
5-6 lines; of the wings 16-20 lines.
Gen. CYCLOSIA, _Huebner_.
8. CYCLOSIA SUBMACULANS, n. s. _Mas._ Nigra, velutina, squamis nonnullis
cyaneis, subtus albo cyaneoque fasciata; alis anticis purpureo-nigris,
punctis paucis exterioribus, alis posticis fuscis, punctis
submarginalibus albis; alis quatuor subtus fuscis, guttis exterioribus
et submarginalibus albis.
_Male._ Black, with a few metallic blue specks, and with metallic
bluish-white pectoral spots and ventral bands. Antennae slightly
pectinated. Wings velvety, rather long, brown beneath, with an exterior
and a submarginal row of white dots; fore wings purplish-black, with a
few exterior and submarginal white points; hind wings brown, with
submargiual white points. Length of the body 9 lines; of the wings 28
lines.
9. CYCLOSIA NIVIPETENS, n. s. _Mas._ Cinereo-nigra; antennis
cyaneo-nigris subpectinatis; alis anticis fascia lata submarginali alba.
_Male._ Cinereous-black. Antennae bluish-black. Fore wings with a broad,
submarginal, upright, white band, which is much narrower hindward, and
is intersected by the b
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