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sub margin all lineara cineream angulosam includente lunulis mar- 

 ginalibus ferrugineis, alls posticis aerieo-fuscis fimbria albida. 



Female. Dark brown. Body whitish beneath. Palpi hardly 

 ascending, extending somewhat beyond the head ; third joint linear, 

 rounded at the tip, more slender than the second and about one-third 

 of its length. Thorax squamous. Abdomen aeneous-brown, extending 

 a little beyond the hind wings. Fore wings with seven ferruginous 

 transverse lines ; first, second, third and fourth lines zigzag, near the 

 base ; fifth undulating, somewhat bent outward, on the inner side of 

 the reniform mark ; sixth and seventh postmedial, approximate, 

 parallel, undulating, acutely dentate ; two irregular incomplete 

 exterior cupreous bands ; the second submargiual, including a 

 zigzag cinereous line which is obsolete towards the interior border; 

 marginal lunules ferruginous; under side asneous - brown, the 

 middle part whitish including a large brown spot. Hind wings 

 aeneous-brown ; fringe whitish ; under side pale cinereous, broadly 

 bordered with aBneous-browu. Length of the body 7 lines; of the 

 wings 20 lines. 



83. BRIARDA SEMIPLAGA. Fusca, palpis erectis validis squamosis 

 cinereo conspersis verticem superantibus articulo 3o lineari 2i dimidio 

 breviore, alis latiusculis lineis duabus postmediis angulosis nigro- 

 fuscis punctis submarginalibus nigris longis margine exteriore sub- 

 dentato, alis anticis lineis duabus antemediis angulosis lineaque 

 basali nigro-fuscis orbiculari et reniformi indistinctis plaga costali 

 subapicali indeterminata glauco-alba. 



Brown. Body moderately stout, cinereous beneath. Proboscis 

 testaceous, rather short. Palpi erect, stout, squamous, cinereous- 

 speckled, rising rather higher than the vertex ; third joint linear, 

 rounded at the tip, less than half the length of the second. Abdomen 

 cinereous-brown, extending a little beyond the hind wings. Legs 

 brown, squamous ; femora fringed with cinereous hairs ; spurs 

 moderately long and stout; tarsi blackish, their joints with whitish 

 tips. Wings rather broad, with two zigzag blackish brown post- 

 medial lines ; a row of submarginal elongated black points ; marginal 

 festoon dark brown ; fringe cinereous ; exterior border slightly den- 

 tate ; under side brownish cinereous. Fore wings with two ante- 

 medial zigzag blackish brown lines and with a third line very near 

 the base; orbicular and reniform marks indistinct; an incomplete 

 glaucous-white costal patch beyond three-fourths of the length. 

 Length of the body 8 lines ; of the wings 20 lines. 



Limas. 



