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subbasal spot, a spot at lower end of each line, one above posterior angle, and 

 another at the apex ; the exterior margin being also slightly bordered with ochreoiis- 

 brown : hindwing with a transverse ochreous-brown waved line, a black spot at end 

 of the cell, one at the apex, one on middle of exterior margin, and another above anal 

 angle. Thorax with three black spots, two at base of abdomen, and a black band 

 with ochreous border on penultimate segment, the tip also lined with ochreous ; fore 

 tibiae with black bands. 



Expanse Tji to lu- inch. 



ARIPANA MERITALIS. 



Zclronia meritalis, Walker, Catal. Lep. Het. B. M. xvii. p. 479 (1859). 



Conchjjlodes meritahs, Meyriuk, Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. 1884, p. 310. 



Conchylodes haptalis, Suellen, Tijd. voor Eut. 1880, p. 238 ; 1884, p. 44, pi. 4, fig. 7. 



Glossy white. Forewing with two transverse incomplete indistinct yellow lines, 

 the first line antemedial, the other discal and recurved ; a black basal and a subbasal 

 costal spot, a dot at base of the cell, a dentate spot at end of the cell, another above 

 the posterior angle, and a dot at base of the posterior margin ; the exterior margin 

 from the apex also black bordered ; on the costa before the apex are two black curved 

 marks : hindwing with a recurved discal yellow line, a black spot at end of the cell, 

 one at the apex, one before the anal angle, and another above the angle. Abdomen 

 with two black basal spots ; forelegs with blackish bands. 



Expanse tjj inch. 



ARIPANA LACTIFERALIS. 



Zebronia lactiferalis. Walker, Catal. Lep. Het. B. M. xvii. p. 480 (1859). 



Glossy white. Forewing with two transverse incomplete yellow lines : two 

 small black spots at base of the costa, two oval marks before the apex, a spot in 

 middle of the cell, a larger spot at its end, a spot above the posterior angle, and a 

 minute dot at the base : hindwing with a black spot at end of the cell, one above 

 anal angle, and another on middle of the exterior margin. Thorax with a black spot 

 in the middle, two at base of the abdomen, and a band on penultimate segment. 

 Fore tibifB with black bands. 



Expanse t^o inch. 



Genus PAGYDA. 

 Parjyda, Walker, Catal. Lep. Het. B. M. xvii. p. 487 (1859). 



Male. Forewing rather short, broad, triangular ; cell half the length ; first 

 subcostal emitted at one-sixth before end of the cell, third bifid, fifth from end ; 

 discocellular concave, radials from close to each end ; two upper medians from end of 

 cell, lower at one-fourth ; submedian with a short lower recurved branch from the 

 base : hindwing short, broad, somewhat quadrate, anal angle truncate ; cell one-third 

 the length ; subcostals from end ; discocellular outwardly concave, radial from lower 



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