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Male. Ferruginous, cinereous beneath. Vertex of the head and 

 forepart of the thorax deep bhick. Palpi stout, obliquely ascend- 

 ing, not rising higher than the vertex; 2nd joint blackish in the 

 middle on the outer side; 3rd, linear, rounded at the tip, not more 

 than one-fourth of the length of the 2nd. Antennae slender, 

 minutely setose. Abdomen not extending lieyond the hind wings; 

 apical tuft very small. Legs blackish, stout; tibiie sliglitly fringud; 

 tarsi with cinereous bands. Fore A^ngs moderately broad, min- 

 utely black speckled, roundccl at the ti2)s; two large patches and 

 an intermediate dot, deep black, cinereous bordered ; 1st patch 

 near the base, attenuated hindward, and extending to the interior 

 border, and emitting a slightly curved line to the costa; 2nd patch 

 in the disk, in a longitudinal line with the dot, emitting a curved 

 line to the interior border, and a straight line to the hind end of 

 an exterior short transverse undulating cinereous blackish-bordered 

 line; a basal point and marginal points black; a blackish line along 

 the exterior part of the costa, including three testaceous points. 

 Hind wings blackish, cinereous towards the base; fringe pale tes- 

 taceous. Wings beneath with a blackish discoidal sj^ot (which 

 is lunate in the fore wings), with an exterior incomplete undulat- 

 ing lilackish line, and with a very broad marginal blackish band. 

 Length of the body G^ lines; of the wings 18 lines. 



48. Hyp.etra biangulata. Mas. Cervina, capite postice 

 nigricante; palpis oblique ascendentibus verticem non superantibus, 

 articulo 3° conico; thorax antico nigricante; alis anticis sul)- 

 falcatis, fascia ol)liqua nigricante postice biangulata et i)allide 

 marginata, sputio exteriore fusco-nebuloso, striga costali antemedia 

 fusca brevissima; alis j)osticis pallide fuscis apud costam cinereis. 



Male. Fawn colour, paler l)eneath. Head blackish along the 

 hind border. Pal[)i stout, o1^1i(pu'ly lounding, imt lisiiig higlier 

 than tlie vertex; 3rd joint conical, not more than one-eiglith of 

 the length of the 2nd. Antennae minutely serrated. Fore tegula3 

 of the thorax blackish. Abdomen a little shorter tlian the int<'rior 

 liorder of the hind wings; apical tuft very small. Fore wings 

 broad acute, subfalcate, with a blackish straight band, A\liich 

 extends from near the base of the interior border to neai- the tijis 

 of the costa, and forms on its hind side two large angles, Avhich 

 have pale borders, the space beyond being mostly clouded with 

 brown; marginal festoon T)lackish. very slender; a dark brown 



