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OATALOGUE 01'
Genus 21. MASOGA.
Mas. Corpus robustum. FRscionlu8 frontalis 8ubproduottlS.
Probo~ois oonspieua. Palpi oblique ascendente~, 8ubarcllati, valda
oompresRi, vortioem SUperD.Dtes; artioulus 2us fimbriutuR; 3us Ian.
ceolatus, 2i dhnidio longior. Antennm setoslll, BD.t graeilos. Tho.
rax squamosus. AIm anticE! 18tm, Bcutm, subfaloatm, subelongatlB,
costa vix oonveXII, mR.-gine exterlore fleKo.
Male. Body stout. Frontal tllft slightly prominent. Probosois
distinct. PaJpi muoh oompressed, slightly curvell, obliquoly
ascending, rising higher thun the vertex; seoond joint witb a short
thick fringe on eaeD side; tllirtl lanoeoldw, a little more tban lll\lt
tho length of tIle second. An tenulD sewsB, rather blender. Thorax
squamous. Wings broad, slightly elongated. 10'01'0 wings RCllIto,
subthlcate; costa very slightly oonvex; exterior border bcnt in tbo
mi!ldle, rectangular to tho costa in front, .,ory oblique hindwal'd.
Hind wings with the exterior border vory slightly bent.
1. MASOGA PA.NAGRALIS.
Mos. Palli4 t'inereo-cervina; alai 'fJ1'n('tis rIIat'f}inalibut niflrid:
anti Ctll 8'Ubiridesce1ItI18, nigro Bllbconspers«J, linea "(IIlerum) II
p,mcti. jt'rtugineis et m"gris, pUlictis lluII6us di'('ali bu, plmct0980
interiore !errugintis, punctis ma"gillalibus albo sigllatu.
Male. Pale cineroollR f"wn-ooIOilr. Wings with blnok marginal
points. Fore wings sligl1l1y iride90ollt, thinly 111111 minutcly
black-speokled; an extelior line indicated by R Jew ferruginous
points, whieh towards the cORla Ilrc &ucccoded by black I,oiul~; two
yellowish ferruginous-bordel'cd diBoal poillts plact'(l trlmllvorsuly in
1.bEl disk; a ferruginous point in the diSK nearer tbo bllUO; margillal
points marked witll whito. Length 01' tho body 6 linos I of tho
wings 16 lines.
Rio Janeiro. In Mr. Fry's ool1oction.
Gonus 22. MARISI{A.
Mat. Corpus vix Tobustum. CIlPtlt bifllsciou!ntum. Pm~
boscis mediooris. Antennro grllcileq, filifol'WCS, hllbslJI'l'lltll', 1!1Ib~
pubescentes. Abclomen alos Fostians vix &Up0rllnh; lil&cioulus
apiell1is millimns. Pedos lmvelt, Silt gracilcs j tibim IloqLiom qIUlI.1.
ricalc.arutm. ~Im anticE! subclougatm; lmticm noutm, custa roo".
margine exterlore convcxo.