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4446. Emarginea oleagina. 



Dacira oleagina, Dognin, Le Nat. (2) iii. p. 134 (1889). 



c? . Head white ; palpi black except at tips ; antennae black 

 except basal joint ; thorax velvety black with a few white scales 

 on vertex and at tips of patagia ; mid tibiae with white patch at 

 extremity, hind tibiae with white terminal band, the tarsi with the 

 basal joints white ; abdomen black, the basal crests, subbasal fasciae, 

 anal tuft and ventral surface except at base white. Fore wing 

 pale orange, some white before antemedial line, the area below 

 submedian fold white from antemedial line to tornus ; the base black 

 and diffused black streaks below base of cell and above base of 



Fig. 33. — Emarginea oleagina, tf . \. 



inner margin ; subbasal line represented by a black striga from costa ; 

 the costal edge black except at apex ; antemedial line black, curved, 

 interrupted from submedian fold to below vein 1 ; a black annulus 

 on middle of costa filled in with white and with black streak on 

 costa, extending to middle of discocellulars ; postmedial line black, 

 waved, erect from costa to vein 4, then incurved, some white points 

 beyond it on costa ; a conical black patch at tornus ; cilia with 

 black points from apex to vein 4. Hind wing semihyaline white ; 

 the underside with the costal area tinged with ochreous and irrorated 

 with a few black scales, a diffused black patch at base, slight medial 

 patch, and small subapical spot below vein 8. 



Hob. Ecuador, Loja ; Peru (Simon), 1 tf . Exp, 22 millim. 



4447. Emarginea niphoplaga. (Plate CXL. fig. 7.) 



Emarginea niphoplaga, Druce, A. M. N. H. (8) iii. p. 346 (1909). 



2 . Head white ; palpi black with white ring at extremity of 

 2nd joint; sides of frons and antennae black; tegulae white edged 

 with black ; thorax white tinged with ochreous and mixed with 

 black ; the metathoracic crests deep black ; pectus and legs black, 

 the mid and hind tibiae banded with white at extremity, the tarsi 

 ringed with white ; abdomen blackish, the basal crest white, the 

 ventral surface whitish irrorated with brown. Fore wing white 

 tinged with green, the medial and postmedial areas suffused with 

 red-brown from costa to submedian fold leaving some ochreous 

 white below costa ; an oblique brown and black fascia from base of 

 costa to one third of inner margin ; subbasal line represented by a black 



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