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and front together witli the collar and forward edge of the thorax on the 

 upprside are bright yellowish ferruginous. The posterior part of the 

 thorax is reddish brown; the upperside of the abdomen is yellowish fer- 

 ruginous; the underside of the thorax and abdomen is darker brown; the 

 legs are dark brown; the anterior pair are ornamented with silvery marks 

 upon the upper end of the tibiae. The primaries are densely clothed with 

 shining brown scales, shading into yellowish on the inner margin near the 

 base; they are ornamented by an obscure transverse median band of 

 raised scales anW by a similar very obscure subquadrate spot beyond the 

 end of the cell. The fringes are dark brown; the secondaries "are pale 

 shining brown, with the fringes darker; the underside is wax-yellow, with 

 the cell of the primaries darker, and the inner margin of the primaries 

 l>aier. Expanse 42 mm. 



11. M. auribasalis sp. nov. (j^.— Antennae, front, palpi and body, dark 

 brown. The patagiae are marked with some golden scales, and at the 

 base of the antennae there is on either side of the head a prominent sil- 

 very-white spot. The legs are dark brown, with the tibiae and tarsi of the 

 anterior pair marked with minute silvery-white spots. The tibia? and 

 tarsi of the third pair are paler than the other legs. The primaries are 

 brown, with a profusion of golden scales on the inner margin near the 

 base; the outer margin near the apex is paler brown. The wings are 

 traversed by a very obscure transverse basal, transverse median, and ir- 

 regularly curved marginal line. The secondaries are pale reddish brown, 

 with the fringes darker before the anal angle. On the underside the wings 

 are pale reddish brown, with the cell of the primaries clouded with dark 

 brown. The fringes of the primaries are dark brown, and the fringes of 

 the secondaries dark brown before the anal angle. Expanse 45 mm. 



12. M. nobilior sp. nov. $.— Antennae testaceous. Front and collar 

 reddish. Palpi dark brown; upperside of thorax and abdomen dark fer- 

 ruginous; lowerside of thorax and abdomen pale ochraceous. There is 

 a silvery spot at the origin of each of the antennae. The first two pairs 

 of legs are dark brown. The third pair is pale ochraceous. The prima- 

 ries have the basal third fuliginous, with a profusion of golden scales on 

 the inner margin near the base. There is an oval fuliginous spot at the 

 end of the cell. The middle of the wing is cros.sed by a cinereous trans- 

 verse band running from before the apex from the costa to the inner mar- 

 gin sharply defined externally by a dark brown shade, which covers the 

 disc as far as the irregularly curved, submarginal line of lunulate fuliginous 

 spots, which runs from before the apex to the outer angle. This submar- 

 ginal line is followed on the margin by a cinereous border, which does not 

 quite reach the outer angle. The secondaries are brownish with the inner 

 margin and the costa pale cinereous and the cell covered with dense fu- 

 liginous hairs. On the underside the wings are shining, pale testaceous, 

 with the cell and the outer margin of the primaries obscurely clouded 

 with dark brown. The neurations are lighter and sharply defined upon 

 the darker ground color. Expanse 48 mm. 



