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Fore wings normal to the genus, with a slight curve along the caudal 

 margin at the distal fifth, widest slightly before (proximad of) the apex and 

 across the proximal dilatation and tapering rapidly proximad from the apex 

 until reaching the dilatation or excision on the caudal margin which is usual 

 and which originating at a point opposite the apex of the marginal vein curves 

 concavely to an acute point opposite the distal third of the marginal vein and 

 then gradually descends by means of a longer inclination proximo-cephalad, 

 reaching the original line of the caudal wing margin somewhat proximad of 

 the origin of the marginal vein ; the much longer declining side of the dila- 

 tation is entire with the exception of a slight emargination at its proximal 

 fourth at about a point opposite to the origin of the marginal vein ; the dila- 

 tation is keel-shaped and the wing is wider across it than at the apical wide 

 portion of the blade. Just opposite the apex of the dilatation, along the 

 cephalic margin of the wing at the distal third of the marginal vein there is 

 a slight convexity. Blade of fore wing with the usual marginal cilia which are 

 longest at the apex, especially caudad where they exceed the greatest width 

 of the blade by at least three times ; as usual these cilia are pallid at a point 

 a short distance out from their origin, forming a clear path or border around 

 the apex of the wing ; discal cilia entirely absent with the exception of the 

 usual row of them around the margins at the insertions or bases of the 

 marginal cilia and in the center of the blade at its distal half one or two 

 cilia, if the latter then both equal in size, not very widely separated and in 

 ihe same line longitudinally ; marginal cilia continuous to the apex of the 

 marginal vein (cephalic margin) and (caudal margin) to the apex of the 

 dilatation where they are comparatively very short ; toward the proximal end 

 of the blade of the fore wing a few cilia from the row of discal cilia on the 

 margin may appear in the center of the blade. A single large seta arises 

 from the marginal vein at the slight convexity and a small one more proximad 

 at its proximal third ; submarginal vein serrulate along its caudal edge for 

 at least the distance of its distal half, narrow, much longer than the marginal 

 vein which is about 4^ times longer than broad. 



Caudal wings normal, straight, clavate, its entire blade maculate as usual 

 with dusky and the pallid or white bases of the marginal cilia at the apex 

 of the wing form a whitish or clear border around that portion of it, the 

 marginal cilia complete, longest at the extreme apex and caudad where they 

 are at least 4 times longer than the greatest width of the wing, but not as 

 long there as the longest marginal cilia of the fore wing, being about a fourth 

 shorter ; wing widest somewhat farther from the apex than in the case of the 

 blade of the fore wing ; discal cilia absent, save for a single longitudinal row 

 of about 14 which proceeds from the base of the blade to the base of the 

 distal seventh of the blade along the middle of it, nearer the caudal margin, 

 terminating before the apex where the blade is widest and with its setae smaller 

 and closer together proximad than distad. Posterior wings as usual smaller, 

 narrower and straighter than the fore wings. 



Antennae similar to those in Alaptiis ccrcilii Girault but the proximal two 



