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slightly curved or straight tooth, claw or hook, characteristic for 

 each species, and this is on the line of the oblique chitinous ridge 

 already described. 



Antapica Smith is a large, rough, powdery brown species; dull 

 throughout and with smoky, dark secondaries; the costal region 

 paler, however. All the niacuJatiou is distinct in this species, the 

 median shade is strongly angulated and distinct, and in almost every 

 case the costal dark patch in the s. t. space is well defined. The 

 excision below apex of primaries is not prominent, nor is that on the 

 secondaries very strongly marked ; but the former is at least readily 

 made out and the latter is obvious. The dark filled reniform is 

 unusually conspicuous in this species. 



Purpurea Grote varies from reddish brown, often with a smoky 

 suffusion to creamy luteous; the latter being the variety cmjoa of 

 Harvey. This is the largest of the species and the wing form is 

 most characteristic. The depression of the costal margin of prima- 

 ries is evident, the apex is almost subfalcate in some examples, and 

 the excision on the outer margin of secondaries is well marked. 

 The surface tint is quite even whatever its color, and while all the 

 markings are present they are not conspicuous. In dark specimens 

 the lines are paler filled, and the veins through the outer part of the 

 wing are pale marked. The s. t. line is pale, continuous, accom- 

 panied by a series of black interspaceal dots. In dark examples the 

 pale line is conspicuous and the dots are lost, while in pale individ- 

 uals the line is scarcely noticeable and only the dots appear to rep- 

 resent it. The secondaries are dusky, the costal margin somewhat 

 paler, and they vary in tint much as do the primaries. 



Fornica Smith is a decidedly smaller species tending to brick red 

 in color, in which the characteristic wing form is hardly obvious, 

 while the agreement in maculation and in essential structure is well 

 marked. The markings are all present but not prominent; and the 

 most conspicuous feature is the dark mark on the costa preceding 

 the s. t. line. The secondaries are pale, transparent reddish, with a 

 smoky clouding, which forms an outer band and discal spot. The 

 s. t. line consists of a series of neat, small, interspaceal dots, without 

 traces of an accompanying line. 



The remainder of the species, excluding inops, differ from all the 

 preceding species by having the uncus in the male furcate, or divi- 

 ded into two divaricate prongs. These prongs are as long as the 



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