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with fused, inwardly oblique, very sinuate, dark brown lines run- 

 ning from costa to internal margin. Along the costa, terminally, 

 and on the nervures, the wing is coarsely sprinkled with black 

 irrorations. Centrally, and rather constrictedly, the wing is 

 bright, rather pale, brown. This color extends along the costa to 

 about apical fourth, where it is limited externally by the extremely 

 oblique exterior dark brown lines, and forms a deep sinus extend- 

 ing downwards over the cliscal cell to internal margin, which latter, 

 however, it does not attain, leaving the extreme edge blackish. A 

 black discal dot on the discal cross-vein, situate at the point of 

 origin of the first median nervule. The exterior dark brown lines, 

 on a slightly paler ground, are for the most part even, very oblique, 

 and beautifully, while sometimes dissimilarly, curved and angulated. 

 The first, and most prominent of these lines, which margins the 

 brown central space, emanates from a blackish irregular costal 

 blotch which extends over the base of the apical interspace, and 

 runs ohsoletely and straightly to sub-costo post-apical nervule, 

 where it forms an angle, whence it runs, slightly sinuously and 

 very obliquely, inwardly to internal margin at about basal third. 

 This is closely followed by five similar lines, the first of which is 

 continuous and abruptly angulate on fourth median nervule. The 

 succeeding lines become obsolete at about second median nervule? 

 but are again apparent on fourth median, and, with the second 

 exterior line, again angulate on internal nervure. All these lines 

 are obsolete, more or less, on apical interspace, which latter is 

 covered with paler, more oehraceous or testaceous scales than 

 elsewhere, and shows the coarse black irrorations very plainly. 

 The fourth exterior line is most distinct after and before its central 

 interruption. The fifth, more irregular and darker line, emanates from 

 extreme apex, and is followed by a broad irrorate ochreous shade 

 running from second median nervule to the internal margin, and 

 extending narrowly outwardly to the angle. Where the third, 

 fourth, and fifth exterior lines become obsolete, they assume the 

 ground color which obtains between them at the base and between 

 the first and second lines throughout their length — a paler duller 

 brown, and are narrowly separated and brought into relief by 

 oehraceous scales. Terminally, the wing is shaded with pale oliva- 

 ceous brown ; a dark olivaceous terminal shade band along exter- 



