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Figure 4. — Palinorsa acritomorpha Clarke, new species: a, ventral view of male genitalia 

 with left harpe and aedeagus removed; h, aedeagus. 



Palinorsa acritomorpha, new species 



FiGUHE 4; Plate 1 (Fig. 2) 



Alar expanse 33-36 mm. 



Labial palpus with second segment white ventrobasally, brown on 

 outer side; on second segment a coral red median line on distal half 

 on inner surface; third segment white. Antenna light broNXTi. Head 

 cinnamon; face white. Thorax cinnamon brown with a broad ocher- 

 ous-buff median longitudinal band; metathorax clothed with long coral- 

 red hairlike scales. Forewing cinnamon; extreme costa, before apex, 

 whitish; in cell at one-third, a small fuscous spot; at end of cell an 

 ill-defmed transverse fuscous bar; on each side of vein Ic, opposite 

 base of vein 2, a buff spot narrowly edged with fuscous; dorsum and 

 termen narrowly fuscous; terminal cilia fuscous. Hindwing semi- 

 hyaline whitish ; cilia sordid white, except around base, coral red. Legs 

 white shaded with cinnamon and fuscous. Abdomen roseate dorsally 

 with median longitudinal row of confluent cinnamon spots. 



Male genitalia: Harpe elongate ovate; cucuUar edge serrate termi- 

 nating in a long spinous process; from outer third a large spine 



