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end of the cell, lower at one-fourth before the end ; submedian and internal vein 

 straight. Body stout, abdomen crested at the base; palpi ascending, rather slender, 

 second joint reaching to level of the eyes, laxly squaraose, third joint long, slender, 

 linear, compressed, three-fourths length of the second ; antennae simple ; legs 

 moderately slender, femora pilose beneath, tibife laxly clothed, middle and hind tibia3 

 with long spurs. 



Tyi^e, M. Cyllaria. 



MELIPOTIS CYLLARIA (Plate 157, Fig. 3). 



Phalana Noctua Cyllaria, Cramer, Pap. Exot. iii. pi. 2.51, fig. c, d (1782), 5. 



Melipotis Cyllaria, Hiibner, Verz. bek. Schmett. p. 260 (1818-25). 



AchcBa Cyllaria, Guenee, Noct. iii. p. 249 ; Walker, Catal. Lep. Ilet. B. M. xiv. p. 1397. 



Male and female : forewing ferruginous-brown, sparsely speckled with minute 

 black scales ; with a more or less distinct transverse outwardly-oblique basal and an 

 antemedial black zigzag line, and two discal very convex contiguous lines, the latter 

 sinuous at their lower ends, followed by a pale-bordered submarginal lunular line ; a 

 black streak between the outer veins, the streak most distinct below the apex ; an 

 indistinct small black orbicular spot and a paler lined reniform mark ; some black 

 streaks on the disc, a more or less indistinct violet-brown streak bordering the 

 antemedial line, an angular fascia across the middle, and a costal patch before the 

 apex : hindwing blackish-brown, with three lower discal white spots, and a cinereous- 

 white costal spot, also a very narrow short subapical white band, the cilia opposite 

 the baud and from anal angle also white. Body dark ferruginous-brown ; tegulse 

 black streaked ; palpi and tarsi with blackish bands. 



Expanse, $ If, ? 1| inch. 



MELIPOTIS CYLLOTA (Pl.\te 157, Fig. 2, q ). 



Achaia Cyllota, Guenee, Noct. iii. p. 248 (1852). 



Achwa signivitta, Walker, Catal. Lep. Het. B. M. xiv. p. 1398 (1858). 



Male and female. Pale violaceous ochreous-brown ; with an obsolescent trans- 

 verse zigzag duplex line, and a curved discal sinuous duplex line, followed by a pale 

 ochreous sinuous submarginal line; a black punctiform orbicular spot, and an ill- 

 defined brown-lined reniform mark, the latter sometimes being entirely black; a 

 broad lilack interrupted streak from the apex, and a prominent longitudinal blackish- 

 streaked fascia from base of the wing to posterior margin : hindwing blackish-brown, 

 with three lower discal white spots, a narrow white subapical band, the cilia opposite 

 the band and from the anal angle white. Body violaceous ochreous-brown ; palpi 

 and tarsi with dark brown bands. 



Expanse, S If, 2 2|- inches. 



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