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3. E. consignata, Bldi. ; insigniata, Blaud. Cat. — 

 Expanse ^ inch (22 mm.). Fore wings whitish-grey, faintly 

 laced with slender lines ; discal spot large, black ; on the 

 costa are four red-brown blotches. Hind wings brownish- 

 white. 



Antennte short, slender, simple, light brown ; palpi short 

 and thick, black-brown ; head smooth, silvery-grey ; thorax 

 dark reddish-brown, with silvery dusting; abdomen red- 

 brown, with a silvery-grey line down the back and minute 

 raised tufts at the edges of the segments ; lateral tufts paler ; 

 anal tuft thick but compressed. Fore wings long, costa very 

 gently curved ; apex bluntly angulated ; hind margin oblique 

 and gently rounded, the curve extending to the dorsal margin, 

 which also is a little full ; colour pale silvery-grej' ; basal 

 line erect, black, but obscui-e, enclosing a basal tawny cloud ; 

 first line very faint, yet double or triple — a mere indication 

 of reddish-brown lines enclosing an erect white faint stripe ; 

 before this is a distinct costal tawny or red-brown cloud ; 

 discal spot an erect deep black streak joined to a reddish- 

 brown cloud or double blotch, which lies along the middle 

 area of the costa ; second line double, faint, reddish-brown, 

 much curved outwardly toward the hind margin ; beyond it 

 is a conspicuous trigonate red-brown spot on the costa, and 

 below a dot or two of the same colour ; nervures and dorsal 

 margin faintly dusted with reddish-brown ; hind margin 

 shaded with faint grey-brown, and edged by ajoined, parallel, 

 black and white line ; cilia silvery-grey, dashed with brown. 

 Hind wings small, the hind margin flatly rounded, white 

 dusted with brown ; central spot black ; beyond the middle 

 is a rippled brown double transverse line ; hind margin 

 edged with black streaks ; cilia greyish-white. Female 

 quite similar. 



Underside of the fore wings silvery-grey with the discal 



spot and costal blotches repeated in dull black, and the 



nervures and lines faintly indicated. Hind wings white, 



shaded with grey, especially around tlie hind margin ; central 



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