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ginalibus lineaque marginal! nigricantibus fimbria basi rufa, alis 

 anticis acutis lineis duabus antemediis angulosis obscure ferrugineis 

 orbicular! et reniformi cinereis ferrugineo obscuro margin atis margine 

 exteriore perobliquo. 



Male. Ferruginous, reddish beneath. Head blackish above, with 

 a porrect frontal tuft. Palpi squamous, blackish except at the base, 

 slightly ascending, extending very much beyond the head ; second 

 joint fringed ; third linear, slender, much more than half the length 

 of the second. Antenna? setose. Fore tegulse of the thorax blackish- 

 bordered. Abdomen extending very little beyond the hind wings ; 

 apical tuft very small. Wings with a postmedial double oblique zig- 

 zag dark ferruginous line ; a mere exterior cinereous zigzag line ; 

 submarginal points and marginal festoon blackish ; fringe red at the 

 base ; under side with somewhat similar markings, the postmedial 

 line forming a band which includes purplish cinereous lunules. Fore 

 wings acute, with two zigzag antemedial dark ferruginous lines ; first 

 line near the base ; second between the cinereous dark ferruginous- 

 bordered orbicular and reniform marks, of which the former is a dot 

 and the latter is large ; exterior border slightly rounded, very oblique. 

 Length of the body 7 lines ; of the wings 19 lines. 



Limas. 



95. HYPERNARIA BASISIGNATA. Mas. Fusca, cyaneo-cinereo 

 atomaria, palpis cinereis oblique ascendentihus verticem longe super- 

 antibus articulis 2o Soque subfasciculatis 2o extus saturate rufo 3o 

 linear!, antennis serratis, abdominis fascicule apical! testaceo minimo 

 subcompresso, femoribus rufo fimbriatis genubus posticis albis, alis 

 linea obscuriore recta obliqua, alis anticis orbicular! pallide maculis 

 duabus atris viridi marginatis macula exteriore pallide viridi reniformi 

 magna fusco obscuro marginata, alis posticis lituris apud rnargiuem 

 exterioreni pallide viridibus. 



Male. Brown, with bluish cinereous^ speckles, paler brown 

 beneath. Frontal tuft prominent. Palpi cinereous, obliquely 

 ascending, rising much higher than the vertex ; second and third 

 joints slightly tufted above ; second deep red on the outer side ; third 

 linear, much shorter than the socond. Antennas serrated. Abdomen 

 a little shorter than the interior border of the hind wings ; apical tul't 

 testaceous, slightly compressed, very small. Femora fringed with red 

 hairs ; hind knees white. Wings with a straight darker line which 

 extends from near the tip of the fore wings to somewhat beyond the- 

 middle of the interior border of the hind wings ; under side with a 

 less oblique slightly curved dark brown middle line. Fore wings with 

 a pale green orbicular spot, with two deep black spots bordered with 

 pule green on the inner side of the line and with u pale givc-n spot 



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