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the hind margin, followed, after a narrow ochreous interval, by a 

 broad indistinctly bordered brownish band ; a row of dark brown 

 spots along the hind margin, and four dark costal streaks before 

 the apex. Hind wing more fuscous, without markings. Head, 

 thorax, and legs all ochreous ; abdomen the same, but dusted with 

 brownish ; palpi, antennal processes, and an erect tuft at the back 

 of the thorax brighter ochreous, tinged with brown towards their 

 extremities. Under side pale ochreous, dusted with fuscous, 

 especially in the fore wing, which shows traces of the submarginal 

 dark band near the costa ; hind wing with distinct black central 

 spot, and faint traces of two dark slender curved bands. Fringes 

 probably ochreous, but the specimen is much worn along the mar- 

 gins of the wings. Expanse of wings, 28 mm. 



One 3" . R. Javary, Oct. 5th, 1874. 



Though considerably smaller than Locastra crassi- 

 pennis, Wlk. {numnonalis, Wlk.), the peculiar pilosity of 

 the legs and thorax, and the shape of the palpi, are 

 enough to prove it congeneric. 



39. Locastra funerea, n. s. 

 Fore wings ochreous, more or less suffused with fuscous, with 

 three denticulate, transverse, dark lines, the first before the middle, 

 the second beyond ; these two dark edged with lighter ; the third 

 submarginal pale ; a distinct dark spot at the end of the cell, and 

 an obscure smaller one between it and the base ; a row of strongly- 

 defined black lunules along the hind margin ; hind wing dark 

 fuscous, without markings. Head, thorax, and palpi ochreous ; 

 abdomen fuscous. Under side dull ochreous, more or less mixed 

 with fuscous, with a central dark spot on both wings, and on the 

 hind wing faint traces of a central dark band and broader sub- 

 marginal one. Expanse of wings, 28 mm. 



Three specimens. One ? , R. Javary, Dec. 7th, 1874; 

 one ? , R. Jutahi, above Curnem, Jan. 29th ; and one 3" 

 from Santarem, R. Jutahi, Feb. 1st, 1875. 



All three examples are in bad condition, neither having 

 an antenna left, and, as might be expected, the antennal 

 processes in the 3 are gone. The amount of the fuscous 

 suffusion seems to vary much : one ? has the whole 

 wing dark ; the other pair have only irregular isolated 

 patches ; the fringes and colouring of the head, palpi, 

 and thorax vary according to the suffusion of the wings ; 

 thus giving the insects a very dissimilar appearance : 

 the hind wing, however, is dark in all. 



