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8024. Zale declarans. (Plate CCXXIX. tig. IG.) 



Homopfcra declarans, ^Ylk. xiii. 1057 (1857); Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. 

 p. ^71. 



Head, thorax, and abdomen rufous mixed with ochreous, tlie last 

 Avitli the doi-sal crests fuscous tip]x^d with white ; palpi irrorated 

 with black, the 3rd joint white at tips ; frons with lateral black 

 bai-s ; pectus and legs whitish mixed with brown, the fore tibite 

 with white band, the tarsi blackish ringed with white; venti-al 

 surface of abdomen whitish irrorated with brown. Fore wing pale 

 red-brown slightly irrorated with black, the basal area rather 

 darker ; a faint double sinuous brown subbasal line from costa to 

 submedian fold ; antemedial line indistinct, double, sinuous, in- 

 wardly oblique below the cell ; two indistinct double sinuous 

 medial lines ; a minixte blackish spot in middle of cell ; reniform a 

 narrow dark brown lunule ; postmedial line indistinct, double, 

 waved, oblique to below vein 7, slightly bent inwards to vein 6, 

 somewhat ol)lique below vein 4, and angled inwards at vein 2 ; 

 subterminal line double, broAvn filled in Avith ochreous, slightly 

 excurved below vein 7, excurved at middle ; a series of blackish 

 points before termen. Hind wing greyish suffused with reddish 

 brown and irrorated with dark brown ; two indistinct sinuous pale 

 lines beyond the cell ; postmedial line indistinct, double, brown, 

 minutely waved ; subterminal line pale grey defined on each side 

 by brown, slightly sinuous ; the terminal area striated with brown ; 

 the underside grey tinged with red-brown and irrorated with dark 

 brown, a slight blackish diseoidal lunule, indistinct waved post- 

 medial line, traces of a subterminal line, and series of black points 

 before termen. 



Hah. U.S.A., Florida {Douhleday), 1 6 type, Enterprise, 1 $ . 

 Exp. 6 40, $ 44 millim. 



8025. Zale alhidula. (Plate CCXXIX. fig. 17.) 



Homopiera alhidula, Wlk. xxxiii. 880 (1865). 



5 . (Head wanting) ; thorax white mixed with pale red-brown 

 and some blackish scales ; teguhe with black line near base ; tarsi 

 blackish ringed with white ; abdomen white mixed with pale red- 

 brown, the basal crest blackish at tip ; slight dorsal black segmental 

 lines, the terminal segment iiTorated with black. Fore wing white 

 tinged in parts with pale red-brown, especially on basal area and 

 postmedial costal area, and sparsely iiTorated with black scales ; 

 antemedial line indistinctly treble, brown, angled inwards in cell 

 and oblique below the cell to inner margin near base ; the medial 

 area with three indistinct double oblique sinuous lines; reniform 

 very indistinctly defined by brown, narrow, oblique, and with 

 irregular outer edge ; postmedial line blackish, waved to vein G, 

 angled inwards at vein 5, excurved above and below vein 4, then 

 oblique and slightly sinuous, a faint rufous line beyond it ; sub- 

 terminal line indistinctly double, dark, oblique from apex to vein 6, 



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