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angle acute; veins and transverse veinlets hardly numerous; mar- 

 ginal veinlets rather long. Hind wings white. Length of the 

 body 2\ — 3 lines ; of the wings 6 — 7 lines. 



West Africa. 



a. Port Natal. From M. Gueinzius' collection. 



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PcECILOPTERA LAURIFOLIA. 



Testacea ; prothorax bifoveolatus, vix arcuatus ; mesothorax vix 

 carinatus ; alee anticte viridescente subvarice, linea marginali 

 gracili testacea nigro guttata, costa convexa, apice et angulo 

 interiore valde rotundatis, margine exteriore subconvexo, vents 

 paucis, venulis transversis sat plurinv's ; posticm albce. 



Testaceous. Front hardly longer than broad, with a middle 

 keel and with slightly elevated borders. Prothorax with an impres- 

 sion on each side, hardly arched. Mesothorax hardly keeled. Fore 

 wings partly and very slightly tinged with green, with a slender 

 testaceous black-dotted marginal line ; costa convex ; exterior bor- 

 der slightly convex ; tip and interior angle much rounded, espe- 

 cially the former ; veins few ; transverse veinlets irregular, rather 

 numerous. Hind wings white. Length of the body 3 lines ; of 

 the wings 8 lines. 



a. Villa Nova. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



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Mas. Testacea ; prothorax arcuatus, subcarinatus ; mesothorax 

 tricarinatus ; alee anticce apud costam vix convexce, apice 

 rotundatte, margine exteriore recto, angulo interiore bene deter- 

 minalo, margine interiore tuber culato , venis venulisque pluri- 

 mis, venulis marginalibus longiusculis ; posticce albce. 



Male. Testaceous. Vertex a little broader than long, with 

 slightly elevated borders and with three indistinct keels. Prothorax 

 arched, with a slight keel. Mesothorax with three indistinct keels. 

 Abdominal appendages like those of P. umbrimargo. Fore wings 

 very slightly convex along the costa ; tip rounded ; exterior border 

 straight, forming a well-defined right angle with the interior border, 

 which is tuberculate ; veins and transverse veinlets rather nume- 

 rous ; marginal veinlets rather long. Hind wings white. Length 

 of the body 3 lines; of the wings 9 lines. 



a. North Hindostan. From Dr. Hooker's collection. 



