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fasciis tribiis clifFusis ferrugiueis, lineis tluabis transversis angulosis 

 ol3scure fuscis; alls anticis lunula interrupta punctoque costali 

 albis, margine exteriore subangulato; alis posticis margine exte- 

 riore subangulato. 



Male. Ferruginous cinereous, paler beneath. Frontal tuft por- 

 rect, acute. Palpi obliquely ascending; 2ncl joint thickly fringed 

 in front. Antenna minutely setose. Abdomen hardly extending 

 beyond the hind wings; apical tuft small. Legs slender; femora 

 and tibiae fringed; tarsi with white dots above. Wings elongate, 

 dark cinereous, with three diffuse ferruginous bands, and with two 

 zig-zag dark brown lines; 1st line between the 1st and 2nd bands; 

 2nd, between the 2nd and 3rd bands; markings less distinct 

 beneath. Fore wings acute, witli an interrupted white lunule in 

 the 2nd band, and with an elongated wliite costal point in front 

 of the 3rd band; exterior border slightly angular. Hind Avings 

 with the exterior border more angular. Length of the body 7 

 lines; of the wings 19 lines. 



5G. Thermesia (]) SEJUNCTA. Fi.em. Fusca, robusta; vei'tice, 

 thoracis margine antico plagisque duabus rufis; palpis oblique 

 ascendentibus verticem longe superantibus, articulo 2° fimbriato, 

 3^ subclavato apice alljido; alis latis, fasciis tribus flavis rufo con- 

 spersis valde indeterminatis et interruptis, linea submarginali 

 undulata nigricante, puncto discoidali punctisque marginalibus 

 nigris; alis anticis acutis, margine exteriore convexo subobliquo. 



Female. Brown, stout, cinereous testaceous beneath. Vertex 

 of the head, fore border of the thorax, and a patch on each of the 

 hind tcguls) liright red. Palpi obliquely ascending, rising much 

 higher than the vertex; 2nd joint fringed above; 3rd subclavate, 

 whitish at the tip, much more slender tlian the 2nd, and a little 

 more than half its length. Abdomen brownish-cinereous, not 

 extending beyond the hind wings. I-^egs smooth, lather slender. 

 Wings broad, with three very in-egular and much interrupted 

 yellow bands, which are speckled with bright red; an undulating 

 irregular blackish line near the exterior border; a discoidal point, 

 and marginal points and niarginal festoon l)lackish; under side 

 witliout markings. Fore wings acute; bands brighter and more 

 distinct tlian those of the liind wings; exterior border rounded, 

 slightly oblique. Length of the body 7h lines; of the wings 20 

 lines. 



