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Male. Body robust, smooth, squamous. Proboscis distinct. Palpi 

 ascending, smooth, rather slender; 2nd joint curved; 3rd minute, 

 lanceolate, less than one-fourth of the length of the 2nd. Antenna; 

 distinctly pubescent. Abdomen hardly extending beyond the hind 

 wings. Legs stout, very short ; tarsi very broad ; hind tibiae with 

 four very long spurs. Wings ample ; fringe long. Fore wings acutely 

 rectangular at the tips ; costa straight ; exterior border convex and 

 oblique hindward. 



292. AuTOBA VERSICOLOR, n. s. Mas. Cinerea, nigro conspersa, sub- 

 tus lutescens, capite thoraceque antico fuscis, abdominis basi rufes- 

 cente, alis fascia fusca obliqua intus diffusa, lineis tribus denticulatis, 

 alis anticis costa rosea nigro bistrigata, alis posticis fimbria saturate 

 rufa. 



Male. Cinereous, black- speckled, pale luteous beneath. Head and 

 fore border of the thorax brown. Thorax with a rosy tinge adjoining 

 the brown part. Abdomen reddish towards the base. Wings with a 

 brown band, which is concise on the outer side and diffuse on the 

 inner side, and extends from the tips of the fore wings to half the 

 length of the interior border of the hind wings ; interior, exterior, and 

 submargiual lines black, slight, denticulated. Fore wings with a rosy 

 tinge along the costa, which has two exterior obliciue black streaks 

 and three more exterior pale points. Hind wings with a deep-red 

 fringe. Length of the body 5 lines ; of the wings 12 lines. 



Pam. EEASTEID^, Guen. 

 Gren. Ebasteia, OcJis. 



293. Erastria securifera, n. s. Mas. Albida, gracilis, thorace fusco, 

 humeris albis, abdomine longo, alis anticis fuscis, vitta subcostali striga- 

 que obliqua lineaque submarginali albis, alis posticis cinereis. 



Male. Whitish, slender. Antennae very minutely pubescent. Thorax 

 brown ; shoulders white. Abdomen long, extending beyond the hind 

 wings. Fore wings brown, with a subcostal white stripe, which is 

 abbreviated by an oblique white streak ; the two somewhat hatchet- 

 shaped ; a white submarginal line, attenuated in front. Hind wings 

 cinereous. Length of the body 3| lines ; of the wings 7 lines. 



Pam. ANTHOPHILID^, Dup. 

 Gen. MicuA, Guen. 



294. MiCRA DEROGATA, var. Mas. Alba, alis anticis fascia exteriore 

 obliqua latissiraa purpurea fuscescente marginata strigam albam extus 

 nigro marginatam includeute, fimbria fuscescente albo interlineata, 

 alis ))Osticis margine exteriore fuscescente. 



Male. White. Third joint of the palpi lanceolate, less than half the 



