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Antennae setose. Abdomen clothed with long hairs, extending much 

 beyond the hind wings ; apical tuft dense. Legs slender ; femora 

 and tibia3 fringed. Fore wings with a few black speckles, slightly 

 rounded at the tips ; two indistinct incomplete zigzag transverse 

 blackish lines ; first line antemedial ; second beyond the reniform 

 mark, which is large and has a blackish disk and a blackish border ; 

 a submarginal line of elongated cinereous points ; marginal lunules 

 black, small ; under side white. Hind wings white, iridescent, semi- 

 hyaline. Length of the body 8 lines ; of the wings 18 lines. 



Peru. 



51. LAPHYGMA INNOTABILIS. Mas. Subcervino cinerea, subtus 

 albida, palpis validis oblique ascenclentibus articulo 2o extus fusco 3o 

 conico, antennis robustis setosis, abdomine pilis longis induto alas 

 posticas longe superante fasciculo apicali spisso, pedibus fimbriatis, 

 alis anticis apice subrotundatis punctis costalibus pallidis punctis 

 marginalibus fuscis orbiculari et reniformi fuscescentibus, alis posticis 

 albis semihyalinis. 



Male. Cinereous, with a tinge of fawn-colour, whitish beneath. 

 Palpi stout, obliquely ascending, not rising so high as the vertex ; 

 second joint mostly brown on the outer side ; third conical, more 

 than one-fourth of the length of the second Antennae stout, setose. 

 Abdomen clothed with long hairs, extending much beyond the hind 

 wings ; apical tuft dense. Femora and tibiae fringed. Fore wings 

 slightly rounded at the tips, with brown marginal points and with 

 some pale costal points : orbicular and reniform marks brownish. 

 Hind wings white, iridescent, semihyaline. Length of the body 

 8i lines ; of the wings 19 lines. 



Peru. 



52. LAPHYGMA COMMUNICATA. Mas. Pallide straminea, palpis 

 pallide cinereis oblique ascendentibus articulo 2o extus cervino 3o 

 conico, antennis robustis setosis, abdomine alas posticas sat superante 

 fasciculo apicali longo, alis anticis atomis paucis linea postmedia 

 arcuata atomaria punctoque nigris plaga parva strigisque exterioribus 

 cervinis lituris costalibus pallide fuscis punctis marginalibus nigris, 

 alis posticis albis subhyaliuis. 



Male. Pale straw-colour. Body pale cinereous beneath. Palpi 

 pale cinereous, obliquely ascending, not rising so high as the vertex ; 

 second joint mostly fawn-colour on the outer side ; third conical, not 

 more than one-fourth of the length of the second. Antennae stout, 

 setose. Abdomen extending rather beyond the hind wings ; apical 

 tuft elongate. Fore wings with a few black speckles in the disk aiul 

 with a postmedial curved line of black speckles ; a black point in the 



