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LBPIDOPTEEA. 



Division IL— HETEROCERA. 



Group 3. NOOTVINA. 



Family 2. T R I F I D -ffi. 



Genus 35. CELCEJNA. 



Antennae ciliated in the male ; eyes naked, with small back 

 lashes ; thorax very thickly scaled and with small crests ; 

 abdomen slender in the male, hairy, sometimes with two or 

 three faint crests ; fore wings oblong, very blunt ; vein 5 of 

 the hind wings slender, straight, arising from near the 

 middle of the cross-bar. Female decidedly smaller. 



We have but one species. 



1. C. Haworthi, C^lH. — Expanse, male 1 to 1| inch, 

 female f inch. Fore wings chocolate-brown ; upper stigmata 

 and principal nervures white ; a pale band before the hind 

 margin ; hind wings smoky-brown. 



Antennae of the male ciliated with a double row of tufts of 

 fine bristles, the longest projecting on each side like minute 

 pectinations, light brown ; palpi short, broadly tufted, pale 

 purple-brown, apical joint distinct, black-brown tipped with 

 white ; head tufted, especially so between the antenuaj, purple- 

 brown ; collar large and conspicuous, paler purple-brown 

 edged with ashy-brown ; shoulder-lappets covered with long, 

 loose, dull brown scales ; remainder of thorax purple-brown ; 



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