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pilose beneath. Antennae regular and closely pectinated. Thorax and 

 abdomen stout, the former with the hair of patagiae long. 



Abdomen with small tuft. Wings of the form of A/yfiia, with long 

 fringes. Legs moderately long, the fore tibise with bunches of hair as in 

 Alypia ; hinder pair with two nearly equal pairs of spines. 



This genus appears to be closely allied to Pseudalypia Hy. Edwards, 

 but differs from all known genera of its group by its remarkable system of 

 coloration, as well as by the characters noted above. 



Dedicated to my good friend, Henry Edwards. 



Edwardsia brillians, n. sp. 



Head black, hairy, with base of the palpi and margin around the eyes 

 pure white. Labial palpi black, well extended beyond the front. Antennae' 

 about one-third the length of costal edge of primaries, and glossy above. 

 Thorax black, with a median line of white hair. Patagiae free and large, 

 white with black edges. 



Abdomen metallic steel black, glossy, with a discal spot at its base, 

 and anal tuft, dark orange. 



Legs black. Femora with light orange colored tufts, and orange 

 bands. Tibiae with orange colored scales, the posterior pair with the 

 spines orange. 



Primaries with the costal edge, extreme outer margin and internal 

 margin, black, and a broad, submarginal, maculate band of reddish brown; 

 the spots increasing in size towards the internal margin. The central 

 portion of the wing largely occupied with pure white. The submarginal 

 brown band, as well as its interior white band, follow the shape of the 

 exterior margin as far as the median nervure, in equal width. At the 

 junction of the median nervure these bands enlarge to nearly double their 

 width down to the interior margin. On the white field are two black 

 streaks proceeding from base of the wing, that on the internal margin 

 straight and nearly equal in width for about one-half the extent of the 

 wing ; here it narrows and is surmounted by two black lines directed 

 towards the median nervure. and enclosing an almost oval spot. The 

 other black line follows the course of the median nervure to a space 

 within about two lines of the outer margin of the wing, where it broadens 

 a little and curves upwards, joining the costa. Above the median line in 

 the centre is an almost oblong, black blotch, toothed towards the outer 

 margin, and enclosing an orange centre, nearly the shape of the Latin I. 



