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Male. Dark ferruginous brown. Head witli a wliitc angular 

 l)an(l on tlie front. Pectus cinereous. Abdomen dark brown; 

 under side whitish, except at the tip. Legs beneath and tarsi 

 wholly pale cinereous. Fore Avings with two transverse slightly 

 black-bordered chalybeous blue lines, and with an intermediate 

 discoidal point of the same hue; 1st line near the base, more 

 olilicjue than t!ie 2nd. Hind wings «lark l)ro\vn. Length of the 

 body 7 lines; of the wings 17 lines. 



Gl. Pyralis (?) CKA.SSALIS. Fuem. Argenteo cinerea, rol)asta; 

 rapite sulttus pectore pedil)US(|ue argenteo albis; fasciculo frontali 

 acuto; pal})is porrectis late iimbriatis caput sat superantibus, 

 articulo 3° mininio; abdomine alas posticas paullo superante; alls 

 atomis noiniullis fasciisijue duabus undulatis indeterminatis nigri- 

 cantibus, punctis nuirginalibus nigris; alls anticis fascia P apud 

 costam attenuata 2'' fiavescente marginata; alis posticis fascia 

 2''' fiavescente intus late marginata. 



Feriude. Silvery cinereous, stout. Head beneath, })ectus and 

 legs silvery white. Head rather large; frontal tuft acute. Palpi 

 porrect, lu'oadly fringed beneath, extending somewhat l)eyond tiie 

 head; 3rd j(jint very minute. Antenna^ smooth, slender. Abdo- 

 men extending a little beyond the hind wings. Legs smooth, 

 slender; hind til)ire with four long slender s})urs. Wings witli 

 some lilackish s})eckles, and with two irregular undulating blackish 

 ])anils; marginal points black; under side with a black discoidal 

 dot, and with two incomplete blackish bands. Fore wings acute; 

 1st 1)and attenuated towards the costa; 2nd bordered on the 

 inner side by a yellowish line; exterior border rounded, slightly 

 oblique. Hind wings with the 2nd 1)aiid liordere(l on the inner 

 side by a yellowish band, which is dilatetl in the mitldle. Ticngth 

 of the body 4^ lines; of tlie fore wings Hli lines. 



()2. Samka FRiUKAlJS. F>rm. (Jervina, subttis a11)a; abdomine 

 fusco segmentis alI)o uiaiginatis; alis fasciis duabus oblicpiis alhis 

 diaphanis nigro nuirginatis; alis anticis fascia 2" fur cata lineam 

 nigram undulatum indudcnte. 



FeiiKile. Fawn coloiii-, white beneath. Alidomen lnown; hind 

 borders of the segments white. Legs white, long, smooth, slender. 

 Wings with two ])elhicid iridescent oblicpu' white black bordered 



l»;ni<ls, which are irregulai' in the fore vviii^s; 1st band antemeilial. 



