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auteiiJiis iiigris sat late pectinatis; thorace nigro-sexmaculato; 

 abdoniine dorso ocliraceo vittis tribus giittularil:>us nigris, seg- 

 raento I'' albotriuotato, liiicis cluabus veutralibiis punctularibu.s 

 nigris; pedibus liitco iiigroque variis; alis anticis vitta media 

 fusca ramos emittente albo maculata et guttata; alis posticis 

 macula subcostal! maculisque tribus sulimarginalibus fuscis. 



Male. White. Palpi porrect, black except at the base, extend- 

 ing somewhat beyond the head; .3rd joint conical, less tlian one- 

 fourth of the length of the 2nd. Antenna) black, rather Ijroadly 

 pectinated. Thorax with six black spots, one in the fore part, 

 and one in the hind part of the disk, and one on each of the four 

 teguUi!. Abdomen extending ratlier beyond the hind wings, 

 ochraceous above, with three stripes of black dots; 1st segment 

 Avhite on each side, and with a white longitudinal middle streak; 

 under side with two lines of black points. Legs partly tinged 

 with luteous; tarsi and four anterior tibiai black; hind tiljiai with 

 a black subapical streak. Wings elongate. Fore wings rounded 

 at the tips, with a l^rown middle stripe, which emits branches to 

 the costa and to the interior border, and is dilated along its 

 exterior part, and there contains some white spots and dots, and 

 emits streaks to the exterior border. Hind wings with a brown 

 subcostal spot, and with three l)rown spots near the exterior 

 border. Length of the body 8 lines; of the wings 20 lines. 



Gen. SciATTA. 

 Mas. Corpus sat robustum. Caput subproductum, antice rotun- 

 datum. Proboscis subobsoleta. Palpi porrecti, sat graciles, caput 

 non superantes; articulus 3"' parvus, acutus. Antenna) breves, 

 valida^ serratre. Abdomen alas posticas sat superans, sexualiljus 

 magnis. Pedes breves, tibiis breviter calcaratis. Al;e longa», 

 angusta); antica? apice rotundata; margine exteriore subconvexo 

 perobli(|UO. 



Male. Body rather stout. Head prominent and rounded in 

 front. Prolioscis rudimentary. Palpi porrect, rather slender, not 

 extending beyond the head; 3rd joint acute, not more than one- 

 fourth of the length of the 2nd. Antenna) short, st(jut, serrated. 

 Abdomen extending somewhat bi'yon<l the hind wings; a liooke I 

 appendage above, and two lateral valves at the tip. Legs short, 

 moderately stout, spurs short. Wings long, narrow. Fore wings 

 rounded at the tins; cxtrrior Itorder sli!_'htlv rounded, vri'v 



