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about the tip; under side witli tlie 1st spot connected with tlie 

 2nd, and the 3rd with the 4th. Hind wings luteous, with a broad 

 black border, which is undulating on its inner side; fringe pale 

 luteous at the tip, white at the tip on the under side, where there 

 is a little luteous streak in the hind part of the black border. 

 Length of the body 8 lines; of the fore ^vings 25 lines. See 

 Plate V, Fig. 1. 



5. Nyctemera simplex. Fcem. Alba, gracilis, capite nigro albo- 

 univittato; palpis nigricantibus porrectis articulo 3° lineari; 

 antennis nigris setulosis; thorace margine antico luteo plagis 

 quatuor vittaque postica nigris; abdomine guttis dorsalibus nigris, 

 apice luteo; alis semihyalinis fusco marginatis; alls anticis mar- 

 gine fusco lato antice valde dilutato; alis posticis margine fusco sat 

 angusto antice latiore postice intus latiore. 



Female. AVhite, slender. Head black, with a white stripe. 

 Proboscis tawny. Palpi blackish, porrect, slender, extending 

 somewhat beyond the head; 3rd joint linear, a little shorter than 

 the 2nd. Antennse black, slender, minutely setulose. Thorax 

 with a luteous fore border; discs of the four tegulas black; a black 

 stripe on the hind part. Abdomen not extending beyond the 

 hind wings, with a dorsal row of black dots; tip luteous. Legs 

 smooth, very slender; spurs very short. Wings semihy aline, 

 bordered with brown along the exterior border. Fore Avings with 

 the brown hue occupying more than one-third of the surface, 

 much dilated in front. Hind -wings with the broAvn hue much 

 narrower, broadest in front, undulating along the inner side of 

 its hind part. Leng-th of the body 6 lines; of the wings 18 lines. 



C. Nyctemera decisa. Mas. Nigra; capite plaga antica alba; 

 palpis porrectis subtus ochraceis articulo, 3° parvo acuto; antennis 

 pectinatis apice serratis; thorace et abdomine nigricante cinereis, 

 illius margine antico ochraceo; pectore ochraceo bivittato; ventre 

 vittis duabus macularibus albis; alis anticis striga longitudinali 

 latissima strigaque exteriore lata obliqua albis; alis posticis albis 

 margine lato strigaque lanceolata apud angulum interiorum nigris, 

 fimlnia apice alba. 



Male. Black. Head with a white patch on the front. Proboscis 

 piceous. Palpi porrect, ochraceous beneath, extending a little 

 beyond the head; 3d joint acute, minute. Antennae moderately 



