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Genus CAPNODES. 



Capnodes, Gueuoe, Noct. iii. p. 374 (18.)2) ; Walker, Catal. Lep. Ilct. B. M. xv. j). 1600. 

 "Wings short, triangular : forewing broad, apex not acute, exterior margin 

 almost erect, very slightly convex ; posterior margin long ; cell extending half the 

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

 fifth, trifid, fifth from end of cell and touching third close to its base ; discocellular 

 bent at each end, concave in middle, radials from the angles ; middle median from 

 angle close to end of cell, lower at two-fifths ; submedian slightly recurved : hind- 

 wing broad, apex convex ; cell less than one-third the length ; two subcostals from 

 end of cell ; discocellular outwardly-oblique, concave, radial from near lower end ; 

 two upper medians from end of cell, lower at one-third ; submedian and internal 

 vein almost straight. Body moderately stout ; frontal tuft pointed ; palpi obliquely 

 porrect, bi'oad, much compressed, second joint extending two-thirds beyond the head, 

 broad at its tip, laxly squamose at the side, pilose in front, third joint half length of 

 second, slender and slightly clavate in male, compressed in female ; legs leather long, 

 slender, very slightly pilose ; anteuua3 slender, setaceous. 



CAPNODES TRIFASCIATA (Plate 174, Fig. 12). 

 Cajinodes trifasciata, Moore, Proc. Zool. Soo. 1877, p. 612. 

 Ferruginous-brown : both wings crossed by a basal, subbasal, medial, and a 

 discal dusky brown diffused sinuous line, a submarginal lunular line, and a marginal 

 row of black lunular points ; the subbasal and discal line of the forewing, and discal 

 line of hindwing have the vein-points white, tipt with black ; each of the lines on the 

 forewing also end in a white costal spot, there are also three smaller costal spots 

 before the apex ; a black punctiform spot in middle of the cell and two spots at its 

 end. Palpi, and legs greyish-brown. 



Expanse lyu inch. 



CAPNODES TETEASPILA. 



Capnodes tdraspiln, Walker, Catal. Lep. Het. B. M. xxxiii. p. 1076 (1865),?. 



" Female. Pale testaceous. Wings broad : forewings acute, with two blackish 



costal spots; first spot elongate, extending towards the middle of the disc; second 



spot apical : hindwings with brownish tips. 



" Expanse 16 lines." 



CAPNODES MACTJLICOSTA. 



Capnodes maculicosta. Walker, Catal. Lep. Het. B. M. xv. p. 1608 (1838), S . 

 Capnodes Jinipalpis, Walker, id. xv. p. 1574 (1858), $. 



Wings red, with purplish-grey reflections in some lights : forewing crossed by a 

 diffused indistinct pale purplish-black undulated antemedial and a postmadial fascia, 



