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ciuereous. Fore wings cinereous-brown, sliglitly rounded at the 

 tips; a large pale cinereous antemedial patch near the interior 

 border, contiguous to a dark brown streak, wliich proceeds from 

 the base, and is bounded on the outer side by an irregular dark 

 brown band, which is broadest towards tlie costa; three exterior 

 transverse indistinct zicf-zag dark brown cinereous-bordered lines; 

 a broad transverse dark brown streak between the 2nd and 

 3rd lines, and a little longitudinal subcostal subapical dark 

 brown sti*eak; exterior border rounded, rather oblique. Hind 

 wings brown, with a cinereous semi-hyaline streak proceeding 

 from the l^ase, and with a patch of the same hue in the disk. 

 Length of the body 7 lines, of the wings 1 7 lines. 



Gen. ToLNA. 

 Mas. Corpus robustum, squamosum. Caput magnum; frons 

 lata. Palpi validi, fere erecti, verticem paullo superantes; articulus 

 2"^ latus; 3"' lanceolatus, 2' dimidio brevior. Antennae subtilissime 

 setulosse. Abdomen alas posticas non superans; fasciculus apicalis 

 longiusculus, subcompressus. Pedes validi, femoribus tibiisque 

 dense pilosis. Alse anticte latae, acutte, margine exteriore vix con- 

 vexo. Alee posticse margine exteriore subangulatcB valde rotun- 

 dato. 



Male. Body stout, scpiamous. Head large, front broad. Pro- 

 boscis moderately long. Palpi stout, nearly erect, rising a little 

 higher than the vertex; 2nd joint broad; 3rd lanceolate, less than 

 half the length of the 2nd. Antennae nearly imperceptibly setu- 

 lose. Abdomen tapering from the base to the tip, not extending 

 beyond the hind wings; apical tuft elongated, slightly compressed. 

 Legs stout; femora and tibise denselj^ clothed; spurs long, slen- 

 der. Wings broad, not long. Fore wings acute; interior border 

 hardly curved, moderately oblique; 4th inferior vein very remote 

 fi'om tlie other three. Hind wings, with the exterior border 

 much rounded, indistinctly angular in the middle. 



It may be distinguished from the genus Tavia by the much 

 shorter tliird joint of the palpi. 



43. ToLNA VERSICOLOR. Mas. Fusca; capite thoraceque 

 cinereo conspersis; alis anticis viridi caeruleo purpureoque con- 

 spersis, lineis sex transversis angulosis non conspersis, fascia alba 

 obliqua postmedia, reniformi angusta e atomis viridibus, plaga 



