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t«rmiuatis purpiu'eo rufis; alis anticis fasciis V et 2'' confusis; 

 alls posticis fescia S'' marginali valde interrupta. 



Femide. Luteous. Eyes Ijlack. Thorax purplish red. Win<:,s 

 with a hhick diseoidal dot, with pnri)li.sh red speckles, and witli 

 two ol)li(|ue, very irregidar purplish red hands, which are confused 

 together in the fore wdngs ; a third exterior and more oblique 

 purplish red band, which is marginal and much interrupted in its 

 liind wings. Fore wings with the ?>rd band apparent on the 

 underside. Hind wings Avith the 2nd band visible beneath. 

 Length of the body 5 lines; of the fore wings 15 lines. 



23. PcECiLOCAJMPA SUBLINEATA. Fceni. Ferrugineo rufa, sub- 

 tus cinereo rufa; capite antice fasciculato; palpis porrectis brevis- 

 simis; antennis serratis; abdomine alas posticas paullo superante ; 

 pedibus brevibus, gracilibus, femoribus tibiis que pilosis; alis fascia 

 obliqua nigricante; alis anticis a})ice rotundatis, gutta discoidali 

 antemedia alba, fascia media oldiqua nigricante. 



Feiiiii/c. Ferruginous red, cinereous red lieneath. Body densely 

 pilose. Head deeply inserted in the thorax, tufted in front. 

 Palpi porrect, hardly extending beyond the hairs; 3rd joint 

 lanceolate. Antenna serrated. Abdomen extending a little 

 beyond the hind mngs. Legs shoi't, slender; femora and tibiae 

 })ilos('; spurs slender. Wings with an oblique blackish band 

 which extends from near tlie tijjs of the fore wings to the outer 

 part of the interior border of the hind . wings. Fore wings 

 rounded at the tips, with an ol)li(pie blackish middle 1)and, and 

 with an antemedial discoidal whitt; dot; 3rd inferior vein, or 

 median nervule, very remote from the 2nd; exterior border 

 roumk'd, slightly oblique. Length of the body 6 lines; of the 

 Avings ]S lines. 



24. Nyssia IIUDLS. Jlf'i-'^ et Fcein. Ochracea, crassa, capite 

 su])ra thorat'e abdomiiiecjue basi viridibus; alis anticis nigro con- 

 spersis, fascia viridi informi ol)liqua antice dilatata. Mas. Antennis 

 suiiserratis basi ])c(tinatis. 



.l////(' and Fein lie. Ocliraceous, veiy stout. Head above, thorax 

 and base of tlie abdomcui grass green. Antennje of the male 

 slightly serrated, moderately pectinated from the base to one- 

 tliird of tlie length. , Alxlonicn of the nude extending somewliat 



