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irrorated with olive-brown, the costal edge fulvous; the 1st line 

 almost medial, brown defined by fulvons and whitish on inner side, 

 very oblique from costa to subcostal nervure, where it is acutely 

 angled outwards, then inwardly obli(iue and with fulvous between 

 the brown and white lines ; postmedial line brown defined by 

 fulvous then whitish on outer side, very oblique from costa to 



Fig. 54. — Elyclna laveniu , (^ . \. 



vein 6 where it is acutely angled outwards and with whitish streak 

 to termen, then very oblique to inner margin and slightly incurved ; 

 subtermiiial line brown defined by fulvous, then whitish on outer 

 side, very oblique from costa to termen at vein 6, then inwardly 

 oblique and slightly incurved; cilia rufous, red-brown at tips. 

 Hind wing yellow suffused with rufous ; cilia yellow at base, 

 brownish at tips ; the underside yellowish white, the costal and 

 terminal areas broadly irrorated with red-brown, a curved pale 

 rufous postmedial line. 



Rab. Mexico, Cuesta de Misautla (Trujillo), 2 $, Jalapa 

 (Trujillo), 1 2 ; CfUATEMALA, Zajjote (Champion), 1 $ , S. Geronimo 

 {Champion), 1 d type, Godman-Salvin Coll. Kvp. ;J8-4i millim. 



4511. Elydna malacha. 



Xanthodes malacha, Druce, Biol. Centr.-Am., Het. i. p. 305, pi. 28 f. 14 

 (1889). 



Head and thorax grey-white irrorated with brown, the head 

 tinged with rufous ; palpi rufous except at base ; antennae rufous ; 

 pectus and legs ochreous white, the latter irrorated with brown ; 

 abdomen ochreous white slightly irrorated with brown and with 

 dorsal fulvous yellow segmental lines. JFore wing white irrorated 

 with red-brown, especially on costal area to postmedial line, beyond 

 the antemedial line, before the postmedial line, and beyond the 

 subterminal line ; antemedial line red-brown defined by whitish on 

 inner side, arising from middle of costa, slightly angled outwards 

 on subcostal nervure, then oblique and slightly incui'ved ; a slight 

 brown discoidal line on a whitish ])atch ; vein 6 with fine brown 

 streak ; postmedial line red-brown defined by whitish on outer side 

 on inner half, very oblique from costa to vein G where it is acutely 

 angled outwards, then obliquely incurved ; subterminal line defined 

 by whitish on inner side, very obliquely downcurved from costa to 

 termen at vein 7, and obliquely incurved from termen at vein G to 

 inner margin ; a series of brown striae just before termen ; cilia 



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