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cell onc-lialf tlie length ; two subcostals from end of cell ; discocellular outwardly- 

 oblique, radial from below the middle ; two upper medians from end of cell, lower at 

 one-third ; submedian and internal vein straig-ht. Body moderately slender, abdomen 

 in male extending beyond hindwings ; palpi erect, somewhat slender, squamose, 

 second joint reaching the vertex, third joint long, two-thirds the length of second, 

 lanceolate; antennee setaceous ; legs slightly pilose. 

 Type, D. scitula. 



DUNIRA NISALIS. 



IL/peiia N/sa7is, Walker, Catal. L'^p. Het. B. M. xix^ p. 845 (ISoOl. 



? Ilijpcna rnhripunctalis. Walker, Catal. Lep. Het. B. JI. .xvi. p. 233 (IS-jS). 



" Pale fawn colour, ro.sy speckled ; whitish beneath. Wings above with several 

 slight denticulated rosy lines, and with black submarginal points ; marginal lunules 

 rosy : forewing with two or three ochraceous denticulated lines, and with an exterior 

 partly ochraceous band ; costa with black points. Third joint of palpi white, 

 with three black bands ; fore tibite with rosy dots ; middle tibiae deep rosy above. 



"Expanse 11 lines." 



DUNIRA SCITULA (Plate 174, Fig. 13). 

 Thcrmesiu scitula. Walker, Catal. Lep. Het. B. M. xxxiii. p. 1061 (I860). 



Reddish-cinereous. Wings red speckled : forewing with a brown-bordered olive- 

 green basal band ; an indistinct reddish-brown transverse autemedial undulated line, 

 and a similar medial line, followed by a denticulated discal line, a submarginal 

 cinereous-bordered white lunular line, and a marginal row of black points ; a puucti- 

 form black spot in middle of the cell, and two at its end : hindwing crossed by a 

 discal reddish-brown undulated line, a submarginal cinereous-bordered white lunular 

 line, and a marginal row of black points ; a blackish lunular spot at end of the cell. 

 Fore tarsi with blackish bands ; palpi and spurs with black tips. 



Expanse Iro inch. 



Remark. This insect has much the appearance of Hijpena iacongrualis, both in 

 respect to outward form of wings and markings. 



Genus MESTLETA. 

 Mestlcta, Walker, Catal. Lep. Het. B. M. xxxiii. p. 829 (I860). 



Forewing short, broad, triangular; apex acute, exterior margin slightly oblique 

 and almost angular in the middle ; cell disposed towards the middle and extending 

 half the length ; first subcostal emitted at one-half before end of cell, second at one- 

 fourth, trifid, fifth from end of cell, free ; discocellular almost erect, radials from near 

 the ends ; middle median at one-third, lower at one-half; submedian recurved : 



