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69. PLUSTA TEMPERATA. Mas. Cinereo-ferruginea, palpis oblique 

 ascendentibus articulo 3o lanceolate, antennis setulosis, alls anticis 

 purpureo suffusis lineis duabus transversis angulosis striga intermedia 

 obliqua angulata argentea reniformi cinereo marginata non pur- 

 purascente linea submarginali cinerea tenui angulosa, alis posticis 

 fuscescente cinereis fusco late et diffuse marginatis. 



Male. Cinereous-ferruginous, cinereous beneath. Palpi obliquely 

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

 shorter than the second. Antennae minutely setulose. Abdomen 

 cinereous. Fore wings for the most part tinged with purplish, which 

 hue is interrupted by two zigzag lines, one antemedial, the other 

 postmedial ; an intermediate oblique angular silvery streak which is 

 excavated 'towards the costa ; reniform mark cinereous-bordered, not 

 purplish ; a slender zigzag cinereous submarginal line. Hind wings 

 cinereous, broadly and difTusedly bordered with brown ; fringe pale 

 cinereous, interlined with brown. Length of the body 7i lines ; of 

 the wings 21 lines. 



Genus DEOBRIGA. 



Mas. Corpus robustum, fere cylindricum. Proboscis breviuscula, 

 sat gracilis. Palpi graciles, squamosi, oblique ascendentes, verticem 

 non superantes ; articulus 3us lanceolatus, 2i dimidio brevior. 

 Antennas breves, validae, glabraa. Abdomen alas posticas sat 

 superans ; fasciculus apicalis parvus, compressus. Pedes sat validi, 

 subfimbriati ; calcaria longa, robusta. Alae anticas latae, apice 

 rectangulatse, margine exteriore postico sat obliquo. 



Male. Body stout, nearly cylindrical. Proboscis rather short and 

 slender. Palpi slender, squamous, obliquely ascending, not rising 

 higher than the vertex; third joint lanceolate, less than half the 

 length of the second. Antenna short, stout, smooth. Abdomen 

 extending rather beyond the hind wings ; apical tuft small, com- 

 pressed. Legs moderately stout ; femora and tibiae with a short 

 fringe ; spurs long, stout. Wings broad. Fore wings rectangular at 

 the tips ; hind part of the exterior border rather oblique ; second 

 inferior vein as far from the first as from the third ; fourth moderately 

 remote from the third. 



70. DEOBRIGA CHRYSOPASA. Mas. Pallide aurato-testacea, palpi 

 extus fuscescentibus, alis anticis auratis lineis duabus luteis la 

 antemedia undulata 2a postmedia antice retracta postice subundulata 

 orbiculari et reniformi magnis luteo marginatis la rotunda 2a 

 latissima spatio marginali pallidiore linea marginali fusca, alis posticis 

 pallidioribus. 



