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subcostal bifid usually beyond the origin of the discal vein, 

 sometimes from the origin of it; discal vein simple angu- 

 lated. Median 4-branched, with the three upper branches 

 more or less aggregated, and the fourth very remote from 

 them. Fore wings with a secondary cell in the subcostal 

 system. 



DEIOPEIA Steph. 



Fore wings elongate-trigonate, length exceeding that of the 

 body by at least one-third ; subcostal vein with a narrow cell 

 above the discal vein, with a single marginal branch arising inte- 

 riorly to it and one from its hinder apex ; the subcostal vein con- 

 tinues towards the tip of the wing from the apex of the subcostal 

 cell subdividing into post-apical and apical branches, the latter 

 furcate. Discal vein, simple, angulated. Median 4-branched, 

 the posterior very remote from the other branches. 



In the hind wings the subcostal vein is bifid from the origin of 

 the discal. 



Head small, smooth, with ocelli. Eyes prominent. Antennae 

 simple in each sex, rather short and slightly pilose beneath in the 

 males. Palpi curved, ascending nearly to the middle of the face, 

 squamose, basal joint tumid, middle joint long, terminal joint 

 short, ovate. Tongue about equal to the thorax beneath. 



1. D. bella Linn. gyst. Nat. I, 2, 884, 348, 399. Tinea bella Druiy, I, 51, 

 pi. 24, f. 3. 



Palpi white, with black tips. Head and thorax white, spotted 

 with black. Thorax with an orange-yellow spot on each side in 

 front. Fore wings orange-yellow, with five or six white bands, 

 spotted in the middle with black, the last one furcate towards the 

 costa and the hind border spotted with black. Hind wings bright 

 red, with the hind margin bordered with a black, white-bordered, 

 indented band, which is furcate at the tip of the wing. The under 

 side of the wings is red ; along the costa of the fore wings are 

 three equidistant black spots, aq angulated black band, sometimes 

 interrupted, near the hinder margin, and a row of marginal black 

 spots ; along the costa of the hind wings, beginning on the middle, 



