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Front broad, rounded, dark brown ; above pale ashen. Antennae com- 

 pressed, fringed with cih'a in (^ , simple filiform in "J ; fore wings crossed 

 by about five fine double lines. Of the first four pair, the fine inner line 

 is black, the other a diffused yellow-brown, the fifth pair being black, and 

 generally consisting of points on the venules, sometimes continuous and 

 waved. A line of black iiitervenular marginal spots ; fringes on both 

 wings white, double, the short scales tipped with dark brown, which forms 

 a dusky streak through the centre. All the lines are angulate outwardly 

 just below the costa, are waved throughout their course, which is nearly 

 straight across to inner margin ; sometimes the trend is slightly basal and 

 the lines are heavier and darker at costa and inner margin. The extra 

 discal black line is clearly defined, with a large angle at costa, and an 

 outward curve at end of cell, and its brown shade line is broader, some- 

 times including two black venular dashes at end of cell, but these are not 

 present in all specimens. The discal space is small and paler and between 

 the extra discal shade line and the sub-terminal lines, a clear, pale, line- 

 like space crosses both front and hind wings, following tiie v^'aving of 

 the preceding lines, terminal space dusky. Hind wings with about four 

 parallel dusky cross-lines, the two inner more distinct and curved out 

 opposite cell, the outer frequently reduced to venular dots ; intervenular 

 marginal spots, as in fore wing, terminal space dusky. Discal spots small, 

 obscure, that on hind wings included in basal line. Beneath, more dusky ; 

 fore wings with only four outer lines reproduced, all dusky, the pale, line- 

 like space showing through, and continuous as above on both wings, the 

 lines on each side of it heavier and black at costa. Hind wings witii all 

 lines reproduced, dusky. A row of black intervenular marginal spots on 

 both wings, terminal space darker, discal spots small, often obscure. 

 Abdomen ashen above, white below ; fore legs dark brown, hind legs 

 lighter, all tarsi banded with yellowish-white. 



Types i V ; '^'Oll- of R. F. Pearsall. 



As compared with comptaria, its nearest ally, this species is thinner 

 winged, its ground colcur bluish ash, not clear white as in comptaria, and 

 all the lines are finer, not so diffuse, the brown lines especially. The 

 above species should now be listed thus : 



Venusia cambrica. Curt. 

 Nomenia duodecimlineata. Pack. 

 Euchoeca comptaria. Walk. 

 " salienta, Pearsall. 



