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densely tufted with long hairs ; four posterior femora and tibiae with 

 a short fringe ; spurs slender, rather long. Fore wings narrow, 

 slightly acute ; exterior border angular at somewhat in front of the 

 middle, its hind part very oblique. Hind wings acutely angular in 

 the middle of the exterior border. 



Allied to Azatha, from which it may be distinguished by the 

 structure of the fore legs and of the fore wings. 



4. TIPRA LATIPES. Mas. Murina, thorace albido consperso, 

 alis lineis paucis indistinctis nigris obliquis angulosis, alis anticis 

 orbiculari e gutta cervina nigro margiuata reniformi maxima cer- 

 vina litura nigra cuneiformi subapicali fascia submarginali informi 

 cervina, alis posticis lineis ex parte cinereo pallido marginatis striga 

 exteriore ferruginea. 



Male. Mouse-colour. Proboscis tawny. Palpi cinereous on the 

 inner side. Thorax, femora and tibiae minutely whitish-speckled. 

 Wings with a few indistinct oblique zigzag black lines. Fore wings 

 with the orbicular and reniform marks fawn-coloured ; the former 

 guttular, black-bordered; the latter very large; a black cuneiform, 

 subcostal mark near the tip ; an irregular excavated fawn-coloured 

 submarginal band; under side with two whitish apical spots and 

 with a few small whitish marks on a dark undulating line near 

 the outer side of the reniform mark, which like the orbicular is paler 

 than it is above. Hind wings with the black lines partly bordered 

 by pale cinereous ; the last black line diffuse on the inner side, 

 partly bordered on the outer side by a ferruginous streak ; under 

 side with a whitish discoidal dot. Length of the body 9 lines; 

 of the fore wings 19 lines. 



Guiana. 



5. THERMESJA FLAG BANS. Mas. Saturate ochracea subtus lutea, 

 palpis porrectis articulo oo lanceolate, femoribus tibiisque fimbriatis, 

 alis linea fusca recta obliqua linea exteriore pallidiore angulosa, alis 

 anticis subacutis orbiculari lineaque antemedia recta vix obliqua 

 fuscis reniformi fusco ex parte marginata. 



Male. Deep ochraceous, stout, luteous beneath. Head and 

 thorax densely pilose. Palpi porrect, smooth, extending much 

 beyond the head ; third joint lanceolate, much more than half the 

 length of the second. Antennae minutely setose. Abdomen ex- 

 tending a little beyond the hind wings; apical tuft small, slightly 

 compressed. Femora and tibiaa fringed. Wings with a brown oblique 

 straight line, which is postmedial in the fore wings ; an exterior 

 zigzag paler brown less distinct line ; these two lines very indistinct 



