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Female. Black. Vertex of the head and fore tegula? of the thorax 

 pale ochraceous. Palpi porrect, smooth, slender, hardly extending 

 beyond the head; third joint lanceolate, much shorter than the 

 second. Antennas slender, minutely setulose, shorter than the body. 

 Pectus pale ochraceous. Abdomen not extending beyond the hind 

 wings ; hind borders of the segments and under side ochraceous. 

 Legs smooth, slender ; middle legs partly, hind legs wholly, pale 

 ochraceous ; spurs long, slender. Fore wings slightly rounded at the 

 tips, with four irregular ochraceous bands; first band broad, very 

 near the base, not extending to the costa ; second much contracted in 

 the middle ; third nearly interrupted in the middle ; fourth subapical, 

 widely interrupted in the middle ; costa very slightly rounded ; 

 exterior border slightly rounded, very oblique. Hind wings ochra- 

 ceous, black about the tips and with a black fringe. Length of the 

 body 3 lines ; of the wings 10 lines. 



3. CASTULA BINOTATA. Mas. ^Eneo-nigra, corpore subtus luteo, 

 palpis thoracisque tegulis anticis rufis, antennis subpectinatis, abdo- 

 mine luteo punctis lateralibus plagaque ventrali elongata nigris, 

 pedibus luteis tibiis anticis ex parte tibiis intermediis tarsisque 

 nigris, alis anticis linea costali abbreviata ochracea plaga postica 

 pallide lutea, alis posticis aurato luteis linea apud marginem exteriorem 

 nigra. 



Male. ^neous-black. Body luteous beneath. Proboscis testa- 

 ceous. Palpi red, stout, smooth, porrect, extending somewhat 

 beyond the head ; third joint conical, less than half the length of the 

 second. Antennae slightly pectinated. Fore tegulae of the thorax 

 red. Abdomen luteous, not extending beyond the hind wings; 

 black points along each side and an elongated black patch be- 

 neath ; apical tuft small. Legs luteous, smooth, slender ; tarsi, 

 middle tibiae and part of the fore tibiae black ; spurs long, slender. 

 Fore wings broad, rounded at the tips ; an ochraceous costal 

 line, abbreviated at each end ; a pale luteous patch on the in- 

 terior border beyond the middle; exterior border slightly rounded 

 and oblique. Hind wings gilded luteous, with a black line along 

 the exterior border. Length of the body 3 lines ; of the wings 

 10 lines. 



4. ORGYIA SEMIFUSCA. Mas. Fusca, dense pilosa, palpis 

 porrectis caput paullo superantibus articulo 3o conico, antennis late 

 pectinatis, thoracis lateribus cinereis, abdomiuis fascicule apicali 

 ventreque ochraceis, alis anticis apice rotuudatis subtus ex parte 

 ochraceis fimbria ochraceo marginata, alis posticis ochraceis fusco 

 conspcrsis. 



