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abbreviated towards the costa of the fore wings and occupying the 

 base of the hind wings ; second slightly abbreviated near the exterior 

 border of the fore wings, where it is deeply zigzag, obsolete in the 

 hind wings, except near the interior border ; third very much inter- 

 rupted in the fore wings, entire in the hind wings, except near the 

 tips; marginal lunules black. Fore wings slightly acute; exterior 

 border slightly rounded, very oblique. Hind wings with a fourth 

 irregular line between the third and the exterior border. Length of 

 the body 5i lines ; of the wings 18 lines. 



32. ASTHENA VEXATA. Mas. Pallide testacea, capite antice ob- 

 scure ferrugineo, palpis porrectis brevissimis gracillimis, antennis sat 

 robustis, alis lineis pluriinis pallidioribus obliquis undulatis vix con- 

 spicuis linea basali linea media obliqua punctularibus subduplicatis 

 punctisque marginalibus nigris, alis anticis acutis. 



Male. Pale testaceous, slender, paler beneath. Head dark fer- 

 ruginous in front. Palpi porrect, smooth, very short and slender. 

 Antennse rather stout. Abdomen a little shorter than the interior 

 border of the hind wings ; apical tuft small. Legs smooth, slender. 

 Wings with many oblique paler undulating extremely indistinct 

 lines, with a line near the base, and with an oblique partly double 

 middle line represented by black points on the veins ; marginal 

 points black. Fore wings acute ; exterior border slightly rounded, 

 moderately oblique. Length of the body 4 lines; of the wings 

 12 lines. 



33. MACARTA COMPTATA. Mas. Cana > palpis porrectis breviter 

 fimbriatis caput sat superantibus, antennis serratis, abdominis fasci- 

 culo apicali parvo subcompresso, alis latis nigro conspersis reniformi 

 angusta fusco nigroque marginata, alis anticis apice rotundatis strigis 

 tribus costalibus fuscis 3a longiore nigro marginata margine exteriore 

 subangulato, alis posticis lineis duabus fuscis postmediis undulatis 

 apud marginem interiorem bene determinatis margine exteriore sat 

 angulato. 



Male. Hoary, slender. Palpi porrect, with a short fringe above, 

 extending somewhat beyond the head; third joint conical, very 

 minute. Antenna serrated. Abdomen a little shorter than the 

 interior border of the hind wings ; apical tuft very small, slightly 

 compressed. Legs smooth, slender. Wings broad, minutely and 

 rather thinly black-speckled; reniform mark narrow, irregular, 

 bordered with dark brown and with black, much smaller in the 

 fore wings than in the hind wings ; exterior border slightly angular 

 in the fore wings, more angular in the hind wings. Fore wings 

 rounded at the tips, with three dark brown transverse costal streaks ; 

 first streak antemedial ; second postmedial ; third nearer the tip, 

 bordered with black, much longer and more regular than the others. 



