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rufis articulo 3o brevissimo, antennis late pectinatis, thorace strigis 

 duabus albis longitudinalibus, abdoinine pallide cervino basi apiceque 

 obscuriore pilis longis induto alas posticas non superante fascicule 

 apicali iongo, pedibus late fimbriatis, alls anticis spatio basali saturate 

 rufescente maculam argenteo-albam strigasque duas anteriores nigras 

 includente lineis duabus arcuatis saturate rufis fascia exteriore 

 argetiteo alba lineis duabus fuscis angulosis adhuc exterioribus, alis 

 posticis pallide cervinis spatio costali lato basi rufo apice argenteo- 

 albo. 



Male. Reddish, cinereous-speckled, cinereous beneath. Palpi 

 cinereous, porrect, very stout, densely clothed with short hairs, red 

 on the outer side towards the base, extending rather beyond the 

 head ; third joint extremely short. Antennae short, broadly pectinated. 

 Thorax with a white longitudinal streak on each side. Abdomen pale 

 fawn-colour, darker at the base and at the tip, clothed with long 

 hairs, not extending beyond the hind wings ; apical tuft elongate. 

 Legs rather slender ; femora and tibiae broadly fringed. Fore wings 

 deep reddish at the base ; this hue contains a silvery white spot and 

 two anterior black streaks and is bound by two curved dark red lines, 

 of which the outer one is contiguous to a- silvery white band; two 

 exterior zigzag brown lines, one adjoining the band, the other sub- 

 marginal. Hind wings pale fawn-colour, excepting a large costal 

 space, which is red towards the base and silvery white towards the 

 tip. Length of the body 7|- lines ; of the wings 18 lines. 



Very different in colour and markings from H. Oyencs. 

 Limas. 



Genus PUCIALIA. 



Fcem. Corpus robustum, squamosum. Proboscis brevis. Antennae 

 glabrae. Abdomen alas posticas paullo superans. Pedes validi, fini- 

 biiati ; calcaria longiuscula, sat gracilia. Alas anticae longse, apice 

 rotundatae, margine exteriore convexo postice perobliquo. 



Female. Body stout, squamous. Proboscis short. Antennas 

 smooth. Abdomen extending a little beyond the hind wings. Legs 

 stout ; femora and tibiae fringed ; hind tibiae with four rather long 

 and slender spurs. Wings elongate. Fore wings rounded at the 

 tips ; exterior border rounded, its hind part very oblique ; first, second 

 and third inferior veins approximate at the base ; second nearer to 

 the third than to the first ; fourth very remote from the third. 



Allied to Acronycta. 



43. PUCIALTA FURCIFERA. Fcem. Argenteo-alba, capite antice 

 nigro-umfasciato, antennis fulvis, thorace antice nigro-unifasciato, alis 



