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dorsal margin are white, with two small teeth 

 of blackish scales, one before and one beyond 

 the base of the fissure, but at the anal angle 

 and somewhat before it they become distinctly 

 fuscous. At the extreme apex of the second 

 lobe and at the anal angle are small spots of 

 blackish scales in the base of the cilia, the cilia 

 immediately above the anal angle being white ; 

 the costal cilia above the apex of the anterior 

 lobe are white, those beneath it fuscous. 



Hind wings brownish fuscous ; the first lobe barred 

 with white on its underside : the third lobe is 

 widely barred with white, the base of the cilia 

 at the extreme apex being also white; im- 

 mediately before the apex it is adorned with 

 blackish scales on both sides, extending further 

 along the lobe on the costal than on the dorsal 

 maro'in : there are also a few scattered blackish 

 scales in the cilia on each side towards its base. 

 In many specimens the dorsal half of the third 

 lobe is also white from the base to the fascia. 



Abdomen conspicuously greyish white at the base, 

 brow^nish fuscous beyond, but marked on its 

 upper surface with three pairs of slender white 

 streaks, diverging from the front to the back of 

 each of the anterior segments; beyond them 

 crossed by lines of whitish scales. 



The legs are white, distinctly and widely barred with 

 brownish fuscous; the spurs are long, white 

 on their u])perside, fuscous beneath. 



Expanse 15-20 millims. 



