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1. T. strigilata, //■»/*. — Expanse 1 to ]| inch. Wings 

 greyish-wliite ; central dots black ; nsual lines grey-brown, 

 slender, indented, oblique; central shade more oblique, com- 

 posed of grey-brown dusting. 



Antennaj of the male simple, ciliated, reddish-drab ; palpi 

 small, curved up, purple-brown; eyes black; face smooth, 

 dark chocolate ; top of the head white ; the ridge behind it 

 light brown ; thorax and abdomen slender, greyish-white ; 

 anal tuft well developed. Fore wings rather elongated and 

 pointed ; costa gently arched ; apex sharply angulated ; hind 

 margin hardly curved, but slightly bent in the middle, or 

 elbowed ; dorsal margin straight ; colour greyish-white finely 

 dusted with dai-k l^rown ; first line faint, oblique, rather 

 indented, brownish-grey ; second line of the same colour, 

 more distinct, oblique, irregular and much indented ; central 

 line or shade less definite but more oblique, composed of a 

 broader dusting of brownish grey, and lying well outside the 

 discal spot, which is a small black dot ; outside the second 

 line is a similar but less distinct line, and beyond this a 

 shading of gi-eyish-brown clouds along the hind marginal 

 region ; cilia dusky white. Hind wings distinctly angulated in 

 the middle of the hind margin ; of the colour of the fore wings ; 

 central spot a black dot; just before it is an accurate con- 

 tinuation of the central stripe of the fore wings as a dusted 

 transverse band ; beyond it are two transverse slender 

 brownish-grey lines, also in continuation of those of the fore 

 wings ; hind marginal region dusted with the same colour ; 

 extreme margin minutely streaked with black ; cilia dusky 

 white with a yellowish gloss. Female very similar. 



Underside of the foi'e wings white, very broadly clouded 

 from the costa with smoky-brown ; discal spot black ; beyond 

 the middle is a transverse oblique stripe of brown dusting ; 

 second line sharply reproduced, black ; beyond it is a parallel 

 stripe of small smoky-brown clouds. Hind wings white, 

 faintly dusted with brown ; central spot black ; crossing it is 

 a very obscure transverse line of brown dusting ; beyond the 



