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second and third lines ; marginal points blackish, elongated : liindwing brown ; cilia 

 edged with cinereous-white. Thorax, head, palpi, and logs above cinereous-brown ; 

 collar dark brown. 

 Expanse | inch. 



GYRTONA DORSALIS (Plate 158, Fig. 10, 11,^ ?). 

 Gyrtona dorsalis, Walker, Catal. Lep. Het. B. M. xxvii. p. 98 (1863), S. 

 Otiwra subfasciata, Walker, id. xxxiii. p. 907 (1865), $ . 

 Othora includens, Walker, id. p. 909, $ . 

 Ariola brt/ophilina, Felder and Rogen. Nov. Voy. Lep. v. pi. 120, fig. 10 (1874) 9 . 



Male : forewing pale violaceous brownish-cinereous ; with indistinct transverse 

 basal and antemedial blackish cinereous-bordered undulated denticulated lines, a 

 similar postmedial, discal, and a submarginal hne, the two latter with black patches 

 near the posterior angle ; a marginal row of slender lunules ; a pale-bordered black 

 orbicular spot, and a large violet-brown bordered reniform mark of raised scales : 

 hindwing cinereous-brown ; cilia edged with cinereous-white. Thorax, head, palpi, 

 and legs violaceous-brown, black-speckled ; tarsi with black bands. Female : fore- 

 wing cinereous, brown speckled ; with more distinct transverse basal lines, and 

 sometimes with a broad antemedial brown band ; the discal and submarginal lines 

 also more distinct : hindwing and abdomen paler. Thorax brownish-cinereous, with 

 a broad brown collar in front ; legs cinereous, with dark brown bands. 



Expanse, ^ 9 Ij inch. 



GYRTONA PHYCISOrOES (Plate 158, Fig. 8, 5). 



Female : forewing pale purplish cinereous-white, slightly violet-brown speckled ; 

 crossed by an incomplete violet-brown subbasal costal fascia, a medial erect sinuous 

 line, a recurved discal denticulated line, and two broader sinuous submarginal lines, 

 followed by a marginal lunular line ; a black spot above the posterior margin between 

 the antemedial and medial lines, and another spot between the latter and the discal 

 line ; orbicular and reniform marks composed of a black dot : hindwing cinereous- 

 white, with a pale cinereous-brown outer border. Thorax, head, palpi, and legs 

 cinereous-white ; thorax with a black-speckled collar ; legs with brown tarsal bands ; 

 abdomen pale cinereous-brown. 



Expanse J inch. 



Family HYPOCALIDJE. 



Wings of moderate size : hindwings gaily coloured ; palpi thick, prominent, 

 rostriform, closely applied together, joints indistinct. 

 Larva cylindrical, thick, with sixteen legs. 



