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—basal and middle joints densely clothed beneath with projecting 

 hairs of unequal length, — terminal joint small, thin, rather acute, 

 directed forward, clothed with short appressed hairs ; antcnncc short 

 and rather thick, with a somewhat abruptly-formed, broad, flattened 

 club, blunt at the tip. 



Thorax rather robust or moderately slender, clothed superiorly 

 with close silky hair (longer laterally and posteriorly), and inferiorly 

 with a shorter, denser down. Fore-wings with costa but slightly 

 arched ; apex varying from rather acute to rounded ; hind-margin 

 entire, rarely prominent in apical portion, sometimes convex in middle 

 (especially in $) ; inner margin almost always nearly straight, or but 

 slightly hollowed about middle (but in the Fausta group prominently 

 convex in $) ; costal nervure extending to about middle ; first and 

 second subcostal nervules originating not far apart at some distance 

 before extremity of discoidal cell, and usually closely approximate 

 throughout, — the first often almost touching costal nervure, — third 

 nervule short, originating nearer to apex than to extremity of cell, and 

 usually terminating at apex, but sometimes very short and ending on 

 costa; upper radial nervule united to subcostal just at extremity of 

 discoidal cell; upper disco-cellular nervule short (in Daira group 

 extremely short) curved inwardly, — lower one three times as long, 

 sub-angulated inwardly, moderately oblique inferiorly. Hind-wing: 

 costa very prominently convex at base, but not strongly arched gene- 

 rally (except in Suhfasciatus and the Fausta group) ; hind-margin entire 

 or but very slightly sinuated ; costal nervure rather short, terminating 

 at a little beyond middle ; second subcostal nervule usually originating 

 before, or considerably before, extremity of discoidal cell (but in several 

 groups at that extremity, and in the Daira group slightly hc7/07id it) ; 

 lower disco-cellular nervule long, sub-angulated, oblique, joining third 

 median nervule at some distance from latter's origin ; internal nervure 

 extending to beyond middle ; inner margins very prominent basally, 

 and meeting so as to hide basal half or more of abdomen ; anal angle 

 rounded. legs of moderate length and thickness, scaly ; femora with 

 short hair beneath ; tibia) of fore and middle legs shorter, of hind-legs 

 considerably longer, than femur, — their terminal spurs short ; tarsi 

 long, spinulose beneath. 



Abdomen slender, rather short. 



Larva. — Resembling that of Picris, but stouter anteriorly, and 

 segmental incisions deeper ; some short scattered hairs, sparsely distri- 

 buted, but more numerous laterally ; dorsal surface with marked trans- 

 verse rugge, and two transverse rows of tubercular spots on each segment. 



Pupa. — Head acuminate somewhat abruptly, but rather wide and 

 with eye-covers prominent. Thorax dorsally moderately convex, late- 

 rally very slightly sub-angulated at bases of wing-covers. Wing- 

 covers exceedingly prominent ventrally, highly convex in outline, but 

 laterally compressed keel-fashion. Abdomen slender, straight, dorsally 

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