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and clouded with orange-brown ; nervures dusted with white ; 

 a white dot in the base of the reniform stigma ; hind wings 

 white. 



Antennae of the male simple, minutely ciliated, orange-red, 

 paler towards the base ; palpi short, loosely tufted, purple- 

 brown outwardly, yellowish-white within; head strongly 

 tufted, orange-brown ; thorax of the same colour, the scales 

 in the middle raised into a sharp ridge ; fascicles white ; 

 abdomen dusky-white dusted with pale brown ; lateral and 

 anal tufts white. Fore wings sharply pointed and rather 

 falcate ; the costa decidedly arched ; apex acutely angulated ; 

 hind margin just below it concave, but filled out below the 

 middle and then rounded off at the anal angle ; dorsal margin 

 slightly curved ; colour dull ochreous, more or less obscured 

 with orange-brown clouding; basal line very obscure, pale 

 yellow, most visible on the costal margin ; first line rather 

 perpendicular but waved, pale ochreous, edged on each side 

 Avith orange-brown ; second line similar in colour and edging, 

 curved, not very oblique, and the outside edging more black- 

 ened ; subterminal line also of the same colour, much waved 

 and indented, backed by a row of obscure, cloudy, dark brown 

 spots; orbicular and reniform stigmata not very distinct, 

 orange-brown, edged on each side by an orange-yellow line 

 and outside this with brown, but both open at the top ; the 

 reniform in its lowest margin has a distinct white dot on the 

 fork of the median nervure ; all the nervures, but especially 

 those outside the middle of the wing, dusted and streaked 

 with white; cilia purplish-ochreous dusted with brown. 

 Hind wings broad, rather deeply hollowed below the apex, 

 white, with the hinder nervures and dorsal region shaded 

 with smoke colour ; cilia white with a reddish tinge. Female 

 very similar, body a little stouter. 



Underside of all the wings shining white, with in each 

 case a grey dusting towards the costal and hind margins; 

 cilia as on the upper side. Body and leg-tufts yellowish- 

 white ; tibi» orange-brown. 



