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mark and borders the fore side of a large dark brown spot ; this spot 

 is traversed by the second transverse line and is connected with an 

 oblique white streak which intersects a postmedial line of cinereous 

 black-bordered lunules; dark brown whitish-bordered longitudinal 

 lines proceed from these lunules to the exterior border and intersect 

 an ochraceous brown-clouded band ; orbicular and reniform marks 

 testaceous, partly brown ; the former oval, blackish-bordered ; the 

 latter rather narrow ; marginal lunules blackish ; fringe with two 

 dark brown festooned lines. Hind wings brownish cinereous ; fringe 

 whitish, with a brown festooned line ; under side with a brown lunule 

 and an exterior curved brown band. Length of the body 6 lines ; 

 of the wings 18| lines. 



Div. n. 



J^ti'm. Corpus robustum, laeve. Proboscis brevis. Palpi breves, 

 oblique ascendentes, verticem non superantes; articulus 3us conicus. 

 Antennae glabrse. Abdomen alas posticas paullo superans, pilis 

 ventralibus longis. Pedes robusti. Alae auticaB apice subrotuudata), 

 margine exteriore couvexo subobliquo. 



Female. Body stout, smooth. Proboscis short. Palpi smooth, 

 obliquely ascending, not rising so high as the vertex ; third joint 

 conical, not more than one-fourth of the length of the second. 

 Antennae smooth. Abdomen extending a little beyond the hind 

 wings, with long hairs beneath. Legs smooth, stout; spurs 

 moderately long and stout. Wings broad. Fore wings slightly 

 rounded at the tips ; exterior border convex, slightly oblique. 



55. XANTHIA MODERATA. Fcein. Testaceo-albida, palporum arti- 

 culo 2o fusco late fasciato, abdomine pallide cervino fasciculo basali e 

 pilis fuscis apice ciuereis, alis anticis lituris costalibus fuscescentibus 

 plagis duabus magnis cervinis linea augulata fusca linea exteriore 

 rlexa angulosa fusca cervino submarginata. 



Female. Testaceous-whitish. Second joint of the palpi with a 

 broad brown baud on the outer side. Abdomen clothed above with 

 long pale fawn-coloured hairs; a tuft of brown cinereous- tipped hairs 

 near its bass. Fore wings with some brownish costal marks, with 

 two large fawn-coloured patches, of which the foremost joins the 

 costa and is bounded on the outer side by a brown angular line ; an 

 exterior bent zigzag brown line which is partly bordered with fawn- 

 colour on its outer side. Length of the body 8 lines ; of the wings 

 21 lines. 



50. KUPLKXTA MOROSA. FcBtn. Fusca, cinereo conspersa, palpis 

 ad iron te in applicatis verticem paullo superantibus articulo 3o lanceo- 

 late, abdomiiic cinereo alas posticas perpaullo superante, alis anticis 



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