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Autenna3 of the male rather stout, ciliated with minute 

 tufts of bristles, light brown; palpi with rather closely 

 appressed scales, yellowish-brown ; head whitish-ochreous, 

 strongly tufted between the antennas, and having a white 

 tuft at the base of each ; thorax whitish-ochreous ; collar 

 erect, barred with pale brown, and edged with white ; 

 shoulder-lappets each with a curved bar of black and brown 

 scales, preceded, followed, and especially edged, with white ; 

 top and back crests conspicuous, tipped with brown ; at the 

 back, below the latter, is a pair of white tufts ; fascicles short, 

 parallel, white ; abdomen smooth, whitish-ochreous, or pale 

 drab ; on its basal segment is a broad, oblique, conspicuous 

 dorsal crest, tipped with brown ; lateral and anal tufts rather 

 small. Fore wings narrow at the base ; costa nearly straight ; 

 apex suddenly rounded ; hind margin slightly curved, and 

 rather elbowed below the middle ; dorsal margin very straight, 

 and tufted at the base with long scales ; colour whitish-drab, 

 faintly clouded with fulvous ; basal line limited to two deep 

 brown spots, followed by paler clouds ; first line duplicated, 

 but the two not quite parallel, the inner being pale brown, 

 erect and straight, except one small angle, the other close to 

 it, of a deep, rich sienna-brown, or sometimes deep black, 

 being repeatedly angulated ; second line curved, oblique, 

 but strongly bent back to the costa, and composed of a series 

 of rich sienna-brown or black crescents, those above the 

 middle throwing inward wedge-shaped brown or black 

 streaks ; outside, this line has also a sort of duplicate, but 

 much more direct, and of a fainter brown ; subterminal line 

 placed far from the hind margin, complete, much waved 

 and rippled, and very distinct, deep fulvous, sienna-brown, 

 or sometimes black, edged on the inner side by similar 

 clouds and wedge-shaped brown or black dashes ; orbicular 

 stigma very large, creamy white, partially margined with 

 brown, but open to the costa, and spreading upon the 

 median nervure ; reniform stigma less distinct, and clouded 

 with pale fulvous, edged in front and behind with darker 



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