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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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