MIMESEOPTILUS. 33 



vosta snhmJuplicata, piuictum antcrias imlicat ; 

 ciUis fiisco et alho alternatis : jiostkis cum ciliis 

 hrunneis. 

 Tihiis supra hrunneo suffusis, infra alhidis. 



Head and palpi above grey, the latter brownish at 

 the sides and beneath; thorax grey; antennae 

 brownish grey. 

 The fore wings grey, dusted with fuscous scales, es- 

 pecially towards the costa, and tinged on the 

 dorsal half with brownish ochreous ; from the 

 base a row of detached fuscous scales extends 

 along the lower edge of the cell one third of the 

 length of the wing ; a small elongated fuscous 

 dot lies below the costa before the middle. 

 There are two fuscous spots before the base of 

 the fissure, and beyond them on the anterior 

 lobe, pointing towards the upper spot, is a fus- 

 cous dash, resembling, together with the spot, a 

 note of exclamation; above the fuscous spots 

 and dash are slightly indicated fuscous shades on 

 the costa. The cilia within the fissure are white, 

 along the apical margin cinereous, with a fuscous 

 line along their base, but interrupted with white 

 on the middle of the anterior and at the upper 

 angle of the posterior lobes. 



Hind wings and their cilia brown. 



Abdomen brownish ochreous. 



Legs tinged with brownish above, whitish beneath ; 

 the feet white. 



Expanse 22 millims. 



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