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of palpi and frons black ; antennye pale rufous ; abdomen rufous, 

 the ventral surface grey irrorated with fuscous. Fore wing grey- 

 white, rather sparsely irrorated and striated with fuscous ; tlio 

 subbasal line represented by a black point in cell ; hardly a trace 

 of the antemedial line except a prominent black striga in cell on 

 inner side of the faint traces of orbicular ; reniform a narrow 



Fig. 112. — Monima rorida, (^ . \. 



blackish lunule expanding somewhat below and with a rufous 

 striga on its inner side ; postmedial line represented by a curved 

 series of blackish points on the veins ; faint traces of the subter- 

 minal line angled outwards at vein 7 ; a terminal series of black 

 points. Hind wing pole brownish grey irrorated with brown ; the 

 underside strongly irrorated, a discoidal lunule and curved post- 

 medial series of short striae on the veins. 



Ab. 1. sieversi. Fore wing with the lines more distinct, the area 

 between the medial and postmedial lines tinged with pink. 



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Sect. II. Antennae of male bipectinate with rather long branches, the apex 

 serrate ; of female serrate. 



A. Fore wing with blackis^li or red-brown patch between 



orbicular and reniform. 



a. Fore wing with dentate black marks before middle of 



subterminal line. 

 a}. Fore wing with the claviform filled in with black . porosa. 

 b\ Fore wing with the claviform not filled in with 



black fasciculata. 



b. Fore wing without dentate black marks before middle 



of subterminal line. 

 a^. Fore wing with the subterminal line excurved at 



middle gothica. 



h^. Fore wing with the subterminal line oblique, 



approximated to the postmedial line at middle... castaneipennis. 



B. Fore wing without black or brown patch between orbi- 



cular aufl roniform. 

 a. Fore wing with the orbicular and reniform defined 



below by blackish streaks fcrront icta. 



