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stout ; femora fringed. Wings broad, with an almost straight fer- 

 ruginous line, which proceeds from the tip of the fore wing to the 

 middle of the interior border of the hind wing ; a brown zigzag and 

 very incomplete submarginal line; under side without markings. 

 Fore wings acute, subfalcute, with a brownish indistinct transverse 

 line near the base and with a white blackish-bordered point answering 

 to the orbicular mark. Hind wings with a brownish patch on the 

 outer side of the ferruginous line. Length of the body 9 lines ; of 

 the wings 23 lines. 



THERMESTA CONSUETA. Mas. Testacea, subtus cinerascens ; 

 fascicule frontali parvo porrecto ; palpis fere erectis verticem longe 

 superantibus, articulo 3o lanceolate 2i dimidio breviore ; antennis 

 setosis ; abdomine alas posticas perpaullo superante, fasciculo apicali 

 compresso minimo ; alis latis, linea antemedia diffusa angulosa, linea 

 postmedia recta concisa guttisque submarginalibus diffusis nigri- 

 cantibus ; alis anticis acutis, orbiculari e gutta nigricante, reniformi 

 magna nigricante marginata, margiue exteriore subrotundato sub- 

 obliquo. 



Male. Testaceous, paler and somewhat cinereous beneath. Frontal 

 tuft small, prominent. Palpi slender, smooth, nearly erect, rising 

 much higher than the vertex; third joint lanceolate, about one-third 

 of the length of the second. Antennae setose. Abdomen extending 

 very little beyond the hind wings ; apical tuft compressed, very small. 

 Legs slender, smooth. Wings broad, with a blackish diffuse zigzag 

 antemedial line, and with a straight slender concise postmedial 

 blackish line, which extends from two-thirds of the length of the 

 interior border of the hind wing to near the tip of the fore wing; 

 a row of submarginal diffuse blackish dots ; under side with three 

 blackish lines, the first zigzag, the third guttular. Fore wings 

 acute ; exterior border slightly rounded and oblique ; orbicular mark 

 forming a blackish dot; reniform large, normal, with a slender 

 blackish border. Length of the body 8 lines; of the wings 

 13 lines. 



SELENIS TRANSLINEATA. Fcem. Pallide testacea ; palpis por- 

 rectis caput perpaullo superantibus, articulo 3o conico minimo ; 

 abdomine alas posticas non superante; alis fusco conspersis, linea 

 media transversa angulosa lineaque exteriore recta fuscis, puucto 

 discoidali nigro, margine exteriore anguloso ; alis anticis acutis ; alis 

 posticis linea postmedia e punctis nigris. 



Female. Pale testaceous. Proboscis stout. Palpi porrect, ex- 

 tending very little beyond the head ; third joint conical, extremely 

 small. Antennae slender. Abdomen shorter than the interior border 

 of the hind wings. Legs smooth, slender. Wings brown-speckled, 



