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extending to tlie base in tlu; hind wings; 2d, pustniedial, forked 

 in the fore wings, inchiding a bhiek unduhiting line; marginal fes- 

 toon black; fringe white; under side with the i)elluL-id bauds 

 broadly and irregularly blackish-bordered. Length of the l»(idy 

 3|- lines; of the fore wings 10 lines. 



CJen. Vatic A. 



F(eiii. Corpus gracile. Oculi niagni, i)rouiinuli. Proboscis valida; 

 palpi ascendeutes; articulus 2'"' late hnilniatus; ;V" brevissimus. 

 Thoracis teguht nostic;e longie. Al)douien alas p(jsticas longe 

 superans. Pedes \xxes, graciles; femora postica fimbriata; tibia; 

 posticse brevissimae. Aire antie^y amphe, subacutse, margine 

 (ixteriore convexo. Aire posticse fasciculo longo apud marginem 

 interiorem. 



Ft'intlc. Body slender. Eyes large, prominent. Prol)()sri,s 

 stout. Palpi ascending, applied to the head; 2nd joint broadly 

 fringed; 3rd very short. Hind tegulse of the thorax long. Abdo- 

 men extending nmch beyond tiie hind wings. Legs smooth, 

 slender; hind femora fringed; fore tibiae very short; iiind til)ia5 

 with one s})ur in each pair extremely long. Wings am[»le. Fore 

 wings slightly acute; exterior border rounded, moderately oblique. 

 Hind wings with an elongate tuft in tlie disk near the interior 

 border, which is broadly fringed. 



The tuft on the hind wings distinguishes this genus IVoni Bafi/-^; 

 to which it is closely allied. 



63. Vatica ul riLALLS. F(jeiii. Ochracea; corpore subtus pedi- 

 buscpie argenteo all)is; femorilnis anticis extus nigricantibus, tibiis 

 anticis apice nigris; alis anticis vittis ditfusis spatioque exteriorc 

 rufis, liuea transversa postmedia arcuata costa Hmljriaque nigris; 

 alis p<;sticis nigro late marginatis. 



Female. Ochraceous. l>ody beneath and legs silvery white. 

 Proboscis testaceous. Fctre femora blackish on the inner side; 

 fore tibiae with black tips. Fore wings with ditfuse red stri])es, 

 which extend to a black curved transverse postmedial line, ))eyond 

 which the wings are red; costa and fringe black; under side witli 

 tlie apical part corresponding to the red pai't aljovc blackisii. 

 Hind wings with a l)road black bortler. Length of the body G 

 lines; of tlif f'ric wings 11 lines. 



