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a litlle higher than the others, with three keels in front; face with an 

 elevated ridge on each side, and with two keels. Thorax keeled. Abdo- 

 men black, pilose along each side ; hind borders of the segments red. 

 Fore wings reddish brown, with some indistinct black dots towards the 

 base ; apical part more lurid, with some l)rown dots ; a testaceous apical 

 spot. Hind wings brown, reddish in front towards the base; first, second 

 and third primary veins with numerous ramifications ; third, fourth and 

 fifth emitting some branches nearer the base; fourth forked towards 

 the tip ; fifth simple. Length of the body 7^ lines ; of the wings 

 18 lines. 



This species will form a fifth group in the genus, and is most allied to 

 Ji'. recurva. 



Para. 



Subtribe LYSTROIDES, Spinola. 



Genus CHALIA. 



Mas. Caput thorace pauUo angustius; vertex et frons planse; facies 

 lanceolata, subcarinata. Thorax brevis, non carinatus. Abdomen instru- 

 mentis apicalibus bene determinatis. Alae anticae sat angustee, apice 

 rotundatcB, basi non reliculatae, apud medium reticulatae, apices versus 

 valde retioulatse. 



Head a little narrower than the thorax ; vertex flat, very slightly 

 convex in front, and equally concave behind ; its breadth rather more than 

 twice its length ; the border hardly ridged ; front flat, widened towards the 

 face, which is lanceolate and slightly keeled. Prothorax convex in front, 

 not keeled; its breadth full four times its length. Mesothorax short, 

 triangular, flat. Abdomen with the apical appendages large ; the superior 

 lobe keeled on the fore part, grooved on the hind part; the two inferior 

 lobes concave on the outer side ; a lobe forming a loop on each side. 

 Fore wings rather narrow, rounded at the tips, not reticulated towards 

 the base; middle part moderately reticulated; apical part much reti- 

 culated. 



Chalia aph^noides. 



Mas. Ferruginea ; abdomen nigrum, rufo fasciatum ; alee anticcB apices 

 versus pallidiores ; poslicce ex parte albido reliculatce. 



