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oblique very sliort costal antemedial streak. Hind wings pale 

 brown, cinereous along the costa. Length of the body 7 lines; 

 of the wings 20 lines. 



49. Hyp.etra{1) nana. Fann. Ferruginea; palpis cinereis 

 oblique ascendentibus verticem paullo superantibus, articulo 2° 

 extus fusco, 3° lanceolate; alls anticis lineis duabis transversis 

 fuscis Y abbreviata obliqua 2'' valde arenata, linea subiuarginali 

 fuscescente ungulosa vix consijicua, striga antica transversa lata 

 utra, reniformi fusco marginata; alls posticis fuscis. 



Female. Ferruginous, cinereous l^eneath. Palpi cinereous, rather 

 slender, obliquely ascending, rising a little higher than the vertex; 

 2nd joint mostly dark brown on the outer side; 3rd, lanceolate, 

 much shorter tlian the 2nd. Abdomen extending a little beyond 

 the hind wings. Legs smooth, moderately stout. Fore wings 

 with two transverse brown lines; 1st line antemedial, oblique, 

 extending from the disk to the interior border; 2nd, postmedial, 

 much curved outward; a brownish, zig-zag, very indistinct submar- 

 ginal line; a broad, deep black streak extending from the costa to 

 the disk, notched on the outer side, hiding part of the reniform 

 mark; the latter large, l)rown bordered, of the usual form; under- 

 side without markings. Hind wings Ijrown. Length of the body 

 4A lines; of the wings 11 lines. 



50. Athyrma albicincta. Fwin. Ferruginea; capite fascia 

 guttisque duiibus anterioribus albis; palpis fere erectis, verticem 

 multo su})erantibus articulo 3*^ lineari longo; thorace albo bifasciato; 

 ubdomine fuscescente cinereo, macula basali terruginea; alis anticis 

 purpurascente ferrugineis, plaga postica maxima nigricante albo- 

 marginata, lineis duabus anticis transversis fuscis angulosis; alis 

 posticis fuscis antice cinereis. 



Feinnle. Ferruginous, smooth, testaceous -cinereous beneath. 

 Head with a sh'nder white band on the vertex, and with a white 

 dot on each side of the front. Palpi nearly erect, rising very 

 much higher than the vertex; 3rd joint linear, slightly acute, rather 

 sliorter than the 2nd. Thorax with two slender Avhite bands 

 bordering the tegulce. Abdomen brownish cinereous, not extend- 

 ing beyond the hind wings, Avith a ferruginous spot at the base. 

 Fore wings purplish ferruginous, aciitc; a \'ery large blackish 

 patch resting on the interior l)order and bordered with wliite in 



