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as a synonym to hasta without explanation or comment. I do 

 not at this time remember my reason for this action which 

 has been followed without question by later writers, including 

 Hampson in 1909. 



Two female specimens received from Mr. Heath, one dated 

 VI, 29, '08, the other, VIII, 19, '09, attracted my attention 

 at once by their resemblance to hasta and their immediate 

 suggestion of a different species, based first, upon the brilliantly 

 clear maculation of primaries, and second, upon the pearly 

 lustred blackish secondaries. On the underside especially, the 

 secondaries are very strongly marked, and comparison with 

 the original description of telum makes it as certain as an 

 identification from a description can well be, that the real 

 "telum" has been at last discovered. 



It gives us the three species in the order described by 

 Guenee furcifera, hasta and telum, close allies in a way, 

 in the order seen by him, and makes his descriptions clear. 

 Furcifera is the largest of the species and has a decided 

 yellowish shading throughout, but more conspicuous in the 

 secondaries, which are strongly mottled beneath and often 

 have, in the best marked examples, a longitudinal black streak 

 in the cell near base. Hasta is decidedly smaller, the primaries 

 are blue gray, the black markings thicker and more con- 

 spicuous, the secondaries whitish with very little yellow shad- 

 ing, especially on the male. On the under side the mottling is 

 much reduced, and in none of my specimens is there a longi- 

 tudinal black bar in the cell. 



Telum is as intense a blue gray as hasta, but is distinctly 

 more black powdered, and the maculation seems more in- 

 tensely black. The secondaries are really blackish, especially 

 toward outer border and the pearly lustre is obvious. The 

 under side is as heavily marked as in the best furcifera and 

 the streak in the cell is obvious. It is more than likely, how- 

 ever, that this is a somewhat variable feature and may not be 

 nearly so well marked in all examples. 



