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posticis longis. Abdomen lanceolatum, pilis basalibus longis, alas 

 posticas non superans, fascicule apicali parvo compresso. Pedes 

 validi, squamosi ; femora subtus fimbriata ; calcaria longa, gracilia. 

 Alas anticae latissimre, subacutaB, costa perparum convexa, margine 

 exteriore subobliquo fere recto. Alse posticae margine exteriore sub- 

 inciso obtuse angulato. 



Male. Body stout. Head with a short thick tuft oil each side in 

 front of the antennas. Proboscis moderately long and stout. Palpi 

 squamous, erect, rising much higher than the vertex ; second joint 

 broad, with a short thick fringe above; third slender, slightly 

 increasing in breadth near the tip, shorter than the second. Antenna 

 setose, slightly serrated. Thorax with long hind tegulae. Abdomen 

 tapering, clothed with long hairs above at the base, not extending 

 beyond the hind wings ; apical tuft small, compressed. Legs stout, 

 squamous; femora fringed beneath; spurs long, slender. Wings 

 very broad. Fore wings slightly acute ; costa very slightly rounded ; 

 exterior border nearly straight, slightly oblique ; first, second and 

 third inferior veins contiguous at the base ; fourth remote. Hind 

 wings broader than the fore wings ; exterior border slightly festooned, 

 obtusely augular in the middle. 



97. COMPLUTIA TRANSVERSA. Mas. Fusca, palpis apice nigri- 

 cantibus, antennis fulvis, alis purpureo suffusis fascia media informi 

 alba fusco pallido varia lineam nigram includente linea exteriore tes- 

 tacea nigro marginata punctis submarginalibus nigris albo-notatis, alis 

 anticis lineis tribus nigris antemediis 2a angulosa 3a albo-marginata 

 reniformi nigra linea exteriore costam versus e maculis tribus mgris, 

 alis posticis linea exteriore subangulata. 



Male. Brown, brownish cinereous beneath. Third joint of the 

 palpi blackish at the tip. Antennae tawny. Wings purplish tinged, 

 with a middle white irregular partly pale brown band which includes 

 near its outer side a black line, the latter zigzag in the fore wings, 

 undulating in the hind wings; an exterior testaceous line, black- 

 bordered on its outer side ; submarginal points black, white-marked, 

 forming irregular lunules in the hind wings ; under side with a black 

 dot in the disk, with three exterior black zigzag lines, and with black 

 submarginal points. Fore wings with three black lines between the 

 base and the band ; second zigzag ; third irregularly white-bordered ; 

 reniform mark black ; exterior lines represented towards the costa by 

 three black spots; five whitish costal points beyond the middle. 

 Hind wings with the exterior line slightly angular in the middle, not 

 black-bordered in front. Length of the body 10 lines ; of the wings 

 J4 lines. 



Limas. 



