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straight : hiudwiug in female very broad, exterior margin deeply scalloped ; cell one- 

 fourth the length ; veins in their normal position ; two subcostals from end of the 

 cell ; discocellular bent in the middle, radial and upper median from end of the cell, 

 middle median at one-fifth, and lower at two-fifths. Thorax very stout, woolly; 

 palpi vertical, first and second joints laxly squamose, second joint reaching level of 

 vertex, third joint slender, linear, two-thirds length of second ; antennge long, slender, 

 setaceous ; legs long ; femora pilose beneath, fore and middle tibise spincd, spurs long. 



PATULA MACEOPS (Plate 164, Fic. 5, <? ). 

 PhaliTna Attacus inacrops, Linnreiis, Syst. Nat. VI ed. iii. p. 225 (1768). 

 Argiva macrops, Hiibner, Vcrz. bek. Scbmett. p. 272. 



PatuJa macrops, Guenee, Noct. iii. p. 177; Walker, Catal. Lep. Ilet. B. M. xiv. p. 1300. 

 Nocttia Bubo, Cramer, Pap. Exot. ii. p. 114, pi. 171, fig. A, b, ^(1779); Fabricius, Spec. Ins. ii. p. 209 



(1781); Mant. Ins. ii. p. 135; Eat. Syst. iii. 2, f. 9. 

 Erebus inacrops, Donovan, Ins. China, pi. 44, fig. 1, § ; Sulzer, Ins. p. 160, pi. 22, fig. 2,(5'. 



Purplish ferruginous-brown, in some aspects purplish greyish-brown : forewino- 

 crossed by a black basal, subbasal, antemedial, medial, and a discal zigzag line, each 

 line dilated at tbe costal end ; contiguous to the latter line is an irregular undulating 

 angulated blackish fascia, followed by an outer discal row of black linear spots disposed 

 in an undulating series, the middle spots in some specimens being somewhat bent : 

 at end of the cell is a very large rounded black-bordered ferruginous ocellus, which is 

 crossed within its outer area by a curved black-streaked band, the upper part being 

 dilated inward and traversed by an angulated bluish-white line, the lower part 

 marked by three bluish-white speckled dentate streaks ; the upper end of the middle 

 transverse line curved outside the ocellus : hindwing with the costal border folded 

 over on to the upper side, the fold containing a dense mass of long pale yellow 

 delicate silky filaments ; crossed by a medial and a discal sinuous lunular line, 

 followed by a broader but paler fascia, and an outer discal row of four linear spots, 

 these spots on some specimens being somewhat bent. Female with somewhat paler 

 outer border to the angulated discal line, the discal line of the hindwing being also 

 broader and more dentated than in the male, and the outer discal row of linear spots 

 composed of seven in the series. Thorax with blackish bands. 



Expanse 5 to 5^ inches. 



Genus ARGIVA. 



Argiva, Hiibner, Verz. bck. Scbmett. p. 272 (1818-25); Guenee, Noct. iii. p. 178 (1852) ; Walker, 

 Catal. Lep. Het. B. M. xiv. p. 1301. 



Wings ample: forewing broad, triangular, costa arched towards the end, angular 

 at the apex, exterior margin slightly oblique, denticulated, posterior angle convex ; 

 cell short, extending only one-fourth the length ; first subcostal emitted at one-third 

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