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some fuscous suffusion on its inner siele, then retracted to a dentate 

 spot below end of cell separated from a wedge-shaped spot on vein 1 

 connected by an oblique line with middle of inner margin ; some 

 brown suffusion towards apex ; cilia chec^uered brown and white. 

 Hindwing pale ochreous-yellow, whiter towards base ; an indistinct 

 curved postmedial line ; cilia white. 



9 Rather paler ; hindwing white, the terminal half slightly tinged 

 with yellow. 



Expanse ^ 30, 9 34 millim. 



Type in Coll. Staudinger. 

 Hal. Syria, Jordan. 



(7a.) Constantia nuniiclalis, n. sp. (Stgr. MS.) 



White irrorated with dark brown and fuscous, Forewing with 

 black antemedial line oblique from costa to subraedian fold, angled 

 inwards on vein 1 and again oblique, with traces of a line on its inner 

 side ; a white streak in and beyond end of cell with fine dark streak 

 above it ; a white streak below end of cell ; the postmedial line black 

 defined by white on outer side, bent outwards and minutely dentate 

 between veins 6 and 4 then strongly incurved to inner margin beyond 

 middle ; an oblique dark mark beyond it from apex and a dentate 

 spot on vein 1 ; a terminal series of black strigae ; cilia with black 

 patches. Hindwing white, the terminal half slightly irrorated with 

 brown ; an indistinct curved subterminal line from costa to sub- 

 raedian fold ; a dark terminal line. 



The form from Syria has the antemedial line of forewing distinctly 

 double, the spot on vein 1 beyond the postmedial line more promin- 

 ent ; hindwing strongly irrorated with dark brown especially towards 

 the subterminal line. 



Expanse 30 millim. 



Type in Coll. Staudinger. 



Hah. Algeria, Biskra ; Syria, Lower Jordan. 



(7b.) * Constantia canifusalis, n. sp. (Plate III, fig. IG.) 

 (J Head, thorax and abdomen white largely mixed with pale 

 brown. Forewing white slightly suffused with pale yellow-brown 

 and strongly irrorated with dark brown ; an antemedial white line 

 acutely angled outwards in submedian fold and inwards on vein 1 ; 

 a short white streak in and beyond end of cell with fuscous spots 

 before it and on discocellulars ; the postmedial line white minutely 

 dentate, bent outwards between veins 6 and 3, then retracted to be- 

 low end of cell and angled outwards in siibmedian fold ; some white 

 and fuscous suffusion beyond the antemedial line, on medial part of 



