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from the 1st. Hind wings most thickly clothed along the interior 

 border; exterior border slightly angular in the middle. 



21. ViANA VELUTINA. Mas. Cervina; corpore subtus palpis 

 subtus pedibnsque albido testaceis; alis anticis linea postmedia 

 nigricante obliqua fere recta intus concisa extus diffusa; alis 

 posticis ochraceis, linea transversa arcuata fuscescente extus dif- 

 fusa, spatio exteriore margineque interiore cervinis. 



Male. Fawn colour. Body, palpi beneath, and legs whitish 

 testaceous. Fore wings with a blackish oblique nearly sti'aight 

 postmedial line, which is concise on the inner side, and diffuse on 

 the outer side. Hind wings ochraceous, except along the interior 

 border, for full two-thirds of the lengtli from the base, this line 

 bounded by a curved brownish line, which is diffuse on the outer 

 side. Length of the body 6| lines, of the fore wings 21 lines. 



Gen. Vaena. 

 Fkm. Corpus sat robustum. Caput parvum, thorace arete 

 insertum; frons plana. Proboscis brevissima, gracillima. Palpi 

 porrecti, brevissimi, gracillimi, caput non superantes; articulus 

 3"" minimus. Antennae glabrae. Abdomen alas posticas pauUo 

 superans. Pedes laeves, breves, graciles; femora sulcata; calcaria 

 parva. Alae, anticae longse, acutae, costa perparum convexa, mar- 

 gine exteriore angulato autice recto subobliquo postice excavato 

 perobliquo. Alae posticae apice fere rectangulatae. 



Female. Body rather stout. Head small, deeply inserted in 

 the thorax ; front flat. Proboscis very short and slender. Palpi 

 porrect, very short and slender, not extending beyond the head ; 

 3rd joint extremely minute. Antennae smooth. Abdomen ex- 

 tending a little beyond the hind wings. Legs smooth, short, 

 slender ; femora grooved ; hind tibiae with four short spurs. 

 Wings moderately broad. Fore wings long, acute; costa very 

 slightly rounded ; exterior border angular in the middle, its fore 

 half straight and slightly oblique, its hind half concave and very 

 oblique. Hind wings nearly rectangular at the tips; interior 

 border receding from tlie abdomen. 



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22. Vaena eacleoides. F(xm. Lutea; thorace purpureo-rufo; 

 alis gutta discoidali nigra, atomis fasciisque tribus obliquis inde- 



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