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second and not more than one-fourth of its length. Antennae 

 minutely pubescent. Pectus and legs blackish; hind part of the 

 former and abdomen cinereous. Fore wings with a blackish basal 

 dot and a blackish spot in the disk beyond the middle; some 

 indistinct transverse blackish lines composed of curves ; two in- 

 distinct lines of blackish points, one at four-fifths of the length, the 

 other marginal ; an intermediate undulating pale fawn-coloured line. 

 Hind wings blackish ; fringe fawn-colour ; under side cinereous, with 

 a blackish line which is nearly contiguous to a broad paler blackish 

 marginal space. Length of the body 7 lines ; of the wings 1 8 lines. 



17. ORTHOSTA DP:PRIVATA. Fcem. Ferruginea, subtus ferrugineo- 

 cinerea, palpis porrectis robustis caput sat superantibus articulo 3o 

 conico, abdomine alisque posticis cinereo-ferrugineis, alis anticis 

 acutis. 



Female. Ferruginous, stout, smooth, ferruginous-cinereous beneath. 

 Palpi porrect, stout, extending rather beyond the head; third joint 

 conical, not more than one-sixth of the length of the second. Antennae 

 smooth. Abdomen and hind wings cinereous-ferruginous, the former 

 extending rather beyond the latter. Fore wings acute ; exterior 

 border slightly rounded and oblique. Length of the body 8 lines ; of 

 the wings 20 lines. 



18. EUPLEXIA MAMESTROIDES. Fcem. Nigricante ferruginea, 

 subtus cinerea, palpis oblique ascendentibus verticem non super- 

 antibus articulis 2o et 3o apice cinereis, thorace margine antico albo 

 squamoso lineis duabus transversis undulatis cinereis, abdomine 

 cinereo, alis anticis lineis quatuor transversis angulosis strigisque 

 exterioribus lanceolatis nigris orbiculari et reniformi albis nigro 

 marginatis, hac angusta obliqua ex parte pallide ochracea spatio 

 marginali rufescente cinereo, alis posticis cinereis reneo-fusco mar- 

 ginatis. 



Female. Blackish ferruginous, stout, cinereous beneath. Pro- 

 boscis testaceous. Palpi obliquely ascending, not rising higher than 

 the vertex ; second and third joints cinereous towards the tips ; 

 second broad ; third conical, about one-fourth of the length of the 

 second. Antennae very minutely setulose. Thorax with a squaraous 

 white fore border ; fore tegulos with two transverse curved cinereous 

 lines, the second marginal. Abdomen cinereous, compressed towards 

 the tip, extending a little beyond the hind wings. Legs blackish ; 

 tips of the tarsal joints cinereous. Fore wings with two pairs of. zig- 

 zag transverse black lines, one antemedial ; the other postrnedial, 

 joining some exterior lanceolate black streaks, which are connected 

 with the reddish cinereous marginal space ; orbicular and reuiform 

 marks white, black-bordered ; orbicular small, round ; reuiform 

 irregular, narrow, oblique, partly pale ochraceous. Hind wings 



