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2. Wing with tlie membrane closely covered 



with hairs, as well as the veins, the hairs 

 placed much more longitudinally than in 

 the species of section 7, giving- a longi- 

 tudinal appearance to the wing-vestiture 

 instead of a " criss-cross " network one . , 3, 

 Wing with the hairs on the veins only, 

 arranged in two divaricate depressed 

 rows, one on each side, and nearly always 

 overlapping those of the contiguous veins, 

 presenting a " criss-cross " appearance 

 over the whole wing. No hairs whatever 

 on the surface of the wings. No obvious 

 scales, except those forming the small 

 spots 7. 



3. Distinct spots at least near the margin of 



the wing, white or black or both, com- 

 posed of small scales or stiff hairs 4. 



No distinct spots at or near the wing- 

 margin. With or without two transverse 

 narrow bands of grey scale-like hairs . . 6. 



4. The white spots on the wing chiefly con- 



flned to the border, or the forking of the 



2nd and 4th longitudinal veins 5. 



The white spots "(20 or more) distributed 

 irregularly along all the veins, giving the p, 223. 



entire wing a spotted appearance macuUpcnnis, Brun., 



5 («). Anterior branch of 2nd longitudinal 

 vein forks opposite fork of the 4th vein. 

 A few scales near the base of the wing. 

 The small white scaly hair-spots placed 

 at the lip of each vein, wherever they [p. 224. 



occur aJhonotata, Brun., 



[b). Anterior branch of 2nd longitudinal 

 vein forks a little before the fork of the 

 4th vein. The white spots composed of 

 white hairs, not scales, and placed between 



the tips of the veins, not at the tips .... distincta, Brun., p. 225. 

 (c). Anterior branch of 2nd longitudinal 

 vein forks near middle of Aving, a little 

 beyond the fork of the 4th vein. All 

 tliree terminations of the 2nd and that of 

 the 3rd vein with a pair of small spots 

 placed very closely together, composed 

 of a few elongate yellow bristly hairs. 

 Lower bi-anch of 4th vein, and the 5th 

 vein, at their tips with conspicuous black 

 hair-spots decora, Brun., p. 226. 



6. Wing with two transverse bands of grey [p. 226. 



scale-like hairs , transversa, Brun., 



Wing wholly unmarked Inrtipennis, Brun., 



7. Wing with distinct black hair-spots at the [p. 227. 



tips of many or all' of the veins 8. 



Wing without hair - spots at tips of 

 veins 12. 



