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oblique very sliort costal antemedial streak. Hind wings pale 

 bi'own, cinereous along the costa. Length of the body 7 lines; 

 of the wings 20 lines. 



49. Hyp^TRaC?) nana. Fmm. Ferruginea; palpis cinereis 

 oblique ascendentibus verticem paullo superantibus, articulo 2° 

 extus fusco, 3° lanceolate; ahs anticis lineis duabis transversis 

 fuscis 1* abbreviata obliqua 2"^ valde arenata, linea submarginali 

 fuscescente uugulosa vix conspicua, striga antica transversa lata 

 utra, reniformi fusco niarginata; alis posticis fuscis. 



Female. Ferruginous, cinereous beneath. Palpi cinereous, rather 

 slender, obliquely ascending, rising a little higher than the vertex; 

 2nd joint mostly dark brown on the outer side; 3rd, lanceolate, 

 much shorter than the 2nd. Abdomen extending a little beyond 

 the hind mngs. Legs smooth, moderately stout. Fore wings 

 with two transverse bi'own lines; 1st line antemedial, oblique, 

 extendijig from the disk to the interior border; 2nd, postmedial, 

 much curved outward; a brownish, zig-zag, very indistinct submar- 

 ginal line; a broad, deep black streak extending from the costa to 

 the disk, notched on the outer side, hiding part of the i-eniform 

 mark; the latter large, brown bordered, of the usual form; under- 

 side without markings. Hind mngs brown. Length of the body 

 4i lines; of the wings 1 1 lines. 



50. Athyrma albicincta. Fcem. Ferruginea; capite fascia 

 guttisque duabus anterioribus albis; palpis fere erectis, verticem 

 multo superantibus articulo 3° lineaii longo; thorace albo bifasciato; 

 abdomine fuscescente cinereo, macula basali ferruginea; aHs anticis 

 purpurascente ferrugineis, plaga postica maxima nigricante albo- 

 marginata, lineis duabus anticis transversis fuscis angulosis; alis 

 posticis fuscis antice cinereis. 



Female. Ferruginous, smooth, testaceous -cinereous beneath. 

 Head "vvith a slender white band on the vertex, and with a white 

 dot on each side of the front. Palpi nearly erect, rising very 

 much higher than the vertex; 3rd joint linear, slightly acute, rather 

 shorter than the 2nd. Thorax with two slender white bands 

 bordering the tegulse. Abdomen brownish cinereous, not extend- 

 ing beyond the hind wings, with a ferruginous spot at the base. 

 Fore Avings purplish ferruginous, acute; a very large blackish 

 patch resting on tlie interior border and bordered with white in 



