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all the wings with black disco-cellular spots, and an 

 undulated arched discal black line ; fringe as above ; 

 body below sooty. Expanse of wings, 34 mm. . 



"Las Zorras, in March."— T. E. 



Pharmacis, Hiihner. 



The type of this genus is P. cestimaria, of Europe ; 

 the wings of this species have an undulated outer margin, 

 angulated at the extremity of the third median branch 

 in both primaries and secondaries. 



49. Pharmacis tmiotata, n. s. 



(J . Above pale pinky brown, wings striated with grey, 

 and with golden bronze reflections ; primaries crossed by 

 two pale-bordered dark brown lines, converging in the 

 centre, the inner one abruptly angulated at the costal 

 border and incurved towards the inner margin, the outer 

 one strongly inarched in the middle ; a black disco- 

 cellular dot ; external area alinost uniformly golden 

 bronze, with three large oval white spots on the median 

 and interno-median interspaces, the last bifid, and three 

 white dots between them and the costa ; a marginal 

 series of black dots.; secondaries with the external area 

 rather darker than the rest of the wing ; bounded 

 internally by a double brown stripe, the inner line of 

 which is dark ; a small black disco-cellular dot ; under 

 surface greyish white ; wings irrorated with darker 

 scales, sericeous ; a grey discal line; spotted .with black 

 upon the veins ; black disco-cellular dots ; primaries 

 tinted with brown. . Expanse of wings, 30 mm. 



? . x\.ltogether redder than the male, the lines across 

 the wings more distinctly double, those on the primaries 

 a little less curved ; the Avhite discal spots rather 

 smaller, for the most part with black centres in some 

 examples, though wholly white in others ; a continuous 

 slender black marginal line ; under surface cupreous- 

 brown, with the inferior halves of the external borders 

 whity-brown ; the whole surface rather densely irrorated 

 with black ; markings as in the male. Expanse of 

 wings, .34 mm. 



Yar. subocellata. 



<? , ? . Ground colour above pale shining bronze- 

 brown, markings strongly defined, the external area of 



