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21. SAMEA DISTRACTALTS. Sordide albido-cinerea, subtus argenteo- 

 albida, alls lineis duabus nigricantibus obliquis valde undulatis guttis 

 marginalibus nigris, alis anticis acutis macula costali annuloque dis- 

 coidali niagno nigricantibus. 



Dingy whitish cinereous, silvery whitish beneath. Wings with two 

 blackish oblique very undulating lines ; first antemedial ; second 

 postmedial, much more bent than the first, and especially so in the 

 fore wings; a row of black dots along the exterior border. Fore 

 wings acute, with a blackish costal spot at one-fifth of the length 

 and with a large incomplete blackish ringlet in the disk between the 

 lines. Length of the body 3 lines ; of the wings 10 lines. 



22. EBULEA GAVISALTS. Fcem. Aurato-flava, subtus argenteo- 

 alba, capite thoraceque cervinis, palpis obscure fuscis porrectis caput 

 longe superantibus, alis anticis fascia antemedia informi lineisque 

 duabus exterioribus angulosis interruptis roseis fascia marginal! 

 schistacea roseo marginata. 



Female. Gilded yellow, silvery white beneath. Head and thorax 

 fawn-colour. Palpi dark brown, porrect, rostriform, white beneath, 

 extending much beyond the head. Antennae brown. Abdomen not 

 extending beyond the hind wings. Legs smooth, slender. Fore 

 wings acute, with an irregular antemedial rosy band, and with two 

 rosy exterior zigzag interrupted lines which are dilated on the costa 

 and on the interior border ; a slate- coloured marginal band with a 

 deep rosy border, broadest towards the costa; under side black 

 about the exterior border, this hue tapering from the costa to the 

 interior angle ; exterior border straight, slightly oblique. Length of 

 the body 4 lines ; of the wings 12 lines. 



23. STENOPTERYX CORTIOALIS. Fccm. Fuscescente cinerea, 

 corpore subtus albido, palpis porrectis lads subrostriformibus caput 

 sat superantibus articulo 3o conico, abdomine alas posticas sat 

 superante, alis anticis acutis lineis duabus nigris transversis denti- 

 culatis cinereo pallido marginatis la antemedia 2a postmedia flexa 

 punctis marginalibus nigris, alis posticis ciuereis apud margiuem 

 exteriorem subaeneis fimbria albida. 



Female. Brownish cinereous. Body whitish beneath. Proboscis 

 moderately long. Palpi porrect, broad, slightly rostriform, extending 

 somewhat beyond the head; third joint conical. Abdomen cinereous, 

 extending somewhat beyond the hind wings. Legs whitish, smooth, 

 slender. Fore wings acute, with two slender transverse denticulated 

 black lines, which are bordered with pale cinereous ; first line ante- 

 medial ; second postmedial, somewhat bent; submarginal points 

 black, elongated ; exterior border slightly rounded, rather oblique. 

 Hind wings cinereous, with an aeneous tinge towards the exterior 



