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black ; reniform pure white, very large. Hind wings cinereous-brown. 



Length of the body 7 i lines ; of the wings 18 lines. 



Limas. 



79. HOMOPTERA BREVIPENNIS. Mas. Fusca, palpis erectis 

 verticem longe superantibus articulo 3o lineari apice testaceo 2i 

 dimidio longiore, abdomine subfasciculato fascicule a[i-ali parvo sub- 

 compresso, tibiis posterioribus penicillatis, alis anticis breviusculis 

 lineis octo nigris transversis angulosis fasciis tribus obscure fuscis 2a 

 3aque indeterminatis linea submarginali cervina angulosa reniformi 

 magna albo submarginata punctis costalibus et marginalibus albidis, 

 alis posticis aeneo-fuscis. 



Male. Brown, brownish cinereous beneath. Proboscis testaceous. 

 Palpi squamous, erect, rising much higher than the vertex ; third 

 joint linear, slender, testaceous and conical at the tip, much shorter 

 than the second. Antennae testaceous, minutely setulose. Abdomen 

 cinereous-brown, slightly tufted above, extending a little beyond the 

 hind wings ; apical tuft small, slightly compressed. Legs stout ; 

 posterior tibiae with penioillate tufts; tarsal joints with whitish tips. 

 Fore wings rather short, with eight transverse zigzag black lines and 

 with three dark brown bands, of which the first only is regular ; a zig- 

 zag submarginal fawn-coloured line ; marginal points and costal points 

 whitish ; reniform mark large, partly bordered with white. Hind 

 wings aeneous-brown. Length of the body 8 lines ; of the wings 

 19 lines. 



Limas. 



80. HOMOPTERA VIMDISQUAMA. Fcem. Cinereo-fusca, palpis 

 gracilibus fere erectis verticem non superantibus articulo 3o lanceo- 

 late, alis latis subpurpurasceutibus lineis nonnullis obliquis angulosis 

 indistinctis obscure fuscis linea postmedia nigra obliqua lata angulosa 

 determinata spatio marginali viridi pallido consperso, alis anticis linea 

 antemedia angulosa obliqua atomis plurimis pallide viridibus reuiformi 

 nigro marginata. 



Female. Brown, speckled with cinereous, brownish cinereous 

 beneath. Palpi slender, nearly erect, not rising higher than the 

 vertex ; third joint lanceolate, shorter than the second. Abdomen 

 pale brown, hardly extending beyond the hind wings. Wings broad, 

 purplish tinged, with some dark brown indistinct oblique zigzag lines 

 and with a broad determinate oblique zigzag postmedial black line ; 

 space about the exterior border with pale green speckles ; under side 

 with numerous transverse brown lines; exterior border slightly 

 festooned. Fore wings with an antemedial zigzag oblique line, and 



